it is considered to represent and, in the case of alleged financial disbursements, the items and their justification must be clearly established. 256 252. The Court notes that the representatives forwarded vouchers for the expenses incurred in the professional defense of this case and that these related to plane tickets, coordination of the litigation, legal assistance, research, compilation and presentation of evidence, interviews, and preparation of briefs. Taking this into account, the Court establishes, in equity, the sum of US$30,000 (thirty thousand United States dollars) for the expenses incurred in the processing of the case before the inter-American system of human rights. This sum must be delivered, within one year of notification of this judgment, as follows: to the Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala the sum of US$20,000 (twenty thousand United States dollars) and to the Center for Justice and International Law the sum of US$10,000 (ten thousand United States dollars). At the stage of monitoring compliance with judgment, the Court may require the State to reimburse the victims or their representatives for any reasonable expenses they incur at that procedural stage. G. Reimbursement of expenses to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund of the InterAmerican Court 253. During its 2008 General Assembly, the Organization of American States created the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American System of Human Rights in order to “facilitate access to the inter-American human rights system by persons who currently lack the resources needed to bring their cases before the system.”257 254. In a note of the Court’s Secretariat of July 17, 2019, a report was forwarded to the State on the disbursements made in application of the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund in this case, which amounted to US$1,943.20 (one thousand nine hundred and forty-three United States dollars and twenty cents) and, pursuant to Article 5 of the Court’s Rules for the Operation of the said Fund, Guatemala was granted a time frame for presenting any observations it deemed pertinent. The State presented its observations on July 14 [sic], 2019, reiterating the position outlined in its answering brief and considered that: (i) the sum to be paid was not covered by the Court, rather this responsibility was delegated to the State; (ii) both the Commission and the representatives of the alleged victims only identified Mr. Ruiz Fuentes’ sister; (iii) the purpose of the statements made by the deponents proposed by the ICCPG was similar and, therefore, did not provide factual information that would have allowed the judges to elucidate the true facts of the case; therefore, the principle of procedural economy was violated, as the State had alleged at the appropriate moment; (iv) the State considered that the principal victims in this case were the family members of the child, P.A.L.W.; (v) the alleged victims, their representatives and the Inter-American Commission had substantiated their case on false facts, and the State had proved this at the appropriate moment, and (vi) the State had complied with its obligation to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for the facts that occurred to the detriment of the child, P.A.L.W., and the members of his family, who were the victims of a group of kidnappers, a situation based on which the Court should declare that the State did not have international responsibility in this case. 255. In light of Article 5 of the Rules for the Operation of the Fund, owing to the violations declared in this judgment and the fact that the requirements to access the Fund were met, the Court orders the State to reimburse the Fund the sum of US$1,943.20 (one thousand nine hundred and fortythree United States dollars and twenty cents) for the necessary expenses paid. This sum must be Cf. Case of Chaparro Álvarez and Lapo Íñiguez v. Ecuador, supra, para. 277, and Case of Gorigoitía v. Argentina, supra, para. 85. 257 AG/RES. 2426 (XXXVIII-O/08), Resolution adopted at the fourth plenary session held on June 3, 2008, of the thirtyeighth General Assembly of the OAS, “Establishment of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Human Rights System,” operative paragraph 2(a), and CP/RES. 963 (1728/09), Resolution adopted on November 11, 2009, by the OAS permanent Council, “Rules of Procedure for the Operation of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Human Rights System,” article 1(1). 256 55