70 214. The costs and expenses are included within the concept of reparation enshrined in Article 63(1) of the American Convention. The Tribunal must prudently and based on equity appraise their scope, considering the expenses generated before the domestic and Inter-American jurisdictions, and taking into account their verification, the circumstances of the specific case, and the nature of the international jurisdiction for the protection of human rights.131 215. In this respect, the Tribunal considers it in equity to order the State to reimburse the amount of US$10,000.00 (ten thousand dollars of the United States of America) or its equivalent in Honduran currency to Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez, who will give OFRANEH and CEJIL the amounts he considers appropriate to compensate the expenses incurred in by them. D) Method of Compliance 216. The State shall pay the compensations and reimburse the costs and expenses (supra paras. 194, 195(a), 195(b), 202(a), 202(b), 202(c), 202(d), and 202(e), and 215) within one year, as of the notification of this Judgment. In the case of the other reparations ordered the measures must be complied with in a reasonable period of time (supra paras. 207, 209, and 210), or in the one specifically stated in the Judgment (supra para. 208). 217. Payment of the compensations established in favor of the victim and his next of kin will be made directly to them. If any of them were to pass away, payment will be made to their successors. 218. In what refers to the compensation ordered in favor of the minors Alfa Barauda López Reyes, Suamein Alfred López, Gustavo Narciso López Reyes, Iris Tatiana López Bermúdez, José Jaime Reyes Reyes, and María Marcelina Reyes Reyes, the State must deposit it in a solvent Honduran institution. The investment will be made within a oneyear period, in the most favorable financial conditions allowed by legislation and bank practices, and it will be kept there while the beneficiaries are minors. It may be withdrawn by them when they become of legal age, in its case, of before if it is in the best interest of the child, established through the determination of a competent judicial authority. If the compensation is not claimed after ten years as of the turning of legal age, the amount will be returned to the State, along with the interests earned. 219. If due to causes attributable to the other beneficiaries of the compensation it were not possible for them to receive it within the mentioned one-year term, the State will deposit said amounts in favor of those in an account or certificate of deposit in a solvent Honduran bank institution, and in the most favorable financial conditions permitted by the legislation and bank practices. If the compensation has not been claimed after ten years, the corresponding amount will be returned to the State, along with the interests earned. 220. Payments destined to paying the costs and expenses made by the representatives in the internal and international proceedings will be made to Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez (supra para. 215), who will make the corresponding reimbursements. 131 Cf. Case of Blanco-Romero et al., supra note 7, para. 114; Case of García-Asto and Ramírez-Rojas, supra note 7, para. 223; and Case of Gómez-Palomino, supra note 7, para. 150.

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