116 e) Carolina Loayza has not fixed an amount as attorney’s fees “in advance between the parties, due to the financial hardship the victims and [their] next of kin were suffering, so that this may not be an impediment for the victims to resort to the Inter-American system;” and f) The Court should fix “a reasonable and equitable amount of money as attorney’s fees to be granted to their representative for the legal assistance rendered, since all work done must be compensated.” Arguments of the State 285. The State has not submitted any arguments as regards costs and expenses. Considerations of the Court 286. As it has already been stated by the Court in prior cases,199 costs and expenses are comprised within the concept of reparation as set forth in Article 63(1) of the American Convention, due to the fact that the steps undertaken by the victims’ next of kin in order to get justice, both at the domestic and international levels, implies incurring expenses that must be compensated when the international responsibility of the State is declared by means of a condemnatory judgment. As regards the reimbursement of such costs and expenses, the Court must determine its scope, which comprises the expenses incurred to proceed in the domestic jurisdiction as well as those arising from the submissions made before the Inter-American system, taking into consideration the circumstances of the particular case and the nature of the international jurisdiction for the protection of human rights. This assessment can be made based on the principle of equity and taking into consideration the expenses stated by the parties, provided that the quantum thereof is reasonable. 287. The Court takes into consideration that the victims acted through several legal representatives at the domestic level and through Carolina Loayza-Tamayo to proceed both before the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court. Therefore, the Court considers it equitable to order the payment of the sum of US $ 40,000.00 (forty thousand United States dollars) or its equivalent in Peruvian currency. US $ 20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars) or its equivalent in Peruvian currency must be paid to each of the victims, i.e. Wilson García-Asto and Urcesino Ramírez-Rojas, as costs and expenses to be subsequently used to make the corresponding payments to their representatives to compensate the costs and expenses said representatives had incurred. XV METHOD OF COMPLIANCE 199 Cf. Case of the “Mapiripán Massacre”, supra note 2, para. 322; Case of Raxcacó-Reyes, supra note 10, para. 137; and Case of Gutiérrez-Soler, supra note 6, para. 116.