E. Costs and Expenses 215. The representative requested: a) Regarding the domestic judicial procedures: they incurred the payment of more than twelve years of the duration of the ordinary criminal process, including the expenses for the promotion of judicial and extrajudicial investigation measures, exhumations, administrative procedures before different authorities, as well as the expenses of transfer from the city of La Paz to the city of Sucre in the cassation phase before the Supreme Court of Justice, stamps, among other expenses detailed in the ESAP (Higher School of Public Administration, from the Spanish), for which a compensation was requested in the amount of USD$25,029.00 (twenty-five thousand twenty-nine United States dollars). b) Regarding the procedure before the Commission, the victims incurred expenses of legal advising with different lawyers, expenses of sending documents for a period of twelve years, attending various meetings with the aim of reaching a friendly settlement in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. There is no proof of these expenses, therefore, the Court was asked to set, in equity, a compensation of USD $10,000.00 (ten thousand United States Dollars). c) Expenses for legal counsel on the litigation before the Inter-American Court, amounting to USD$15,000.00 (fifteen thousand United States dollars), according to the litigation fee contract signed between the victims and the representative Rafael Humberto Subieta Tapia, was paid in three installments, to be reimbursed to the Flores Bedregal sisters. They requested that the full payment described for legal counsel and representation before the Court be ordered. Due to the complexity of the case and the large volume of the background information, among other things it was determined to add to the team the representation of Karinna Fernández Neira and André Lange Schulze, as of July 1, 2019, for which it was requested that the State be ordered to pay USD $10,000.00 (ten thousand United States Dollars) and USD $5,000.00 (five thousand United States Dollars), respectively, for the work carried out in the defense of human rights. d) Expenses subsequent to the filing of the brief of applications and arguments in the amount of approximately USD $3,746.60 (three thousand seven hundred and fortysix United States dollars and sixty cents), which must be reimbursed to the victims. Additionally, they requested expenses related to food and transportation for Karinna Fernández Neira in the amount of USD$500.00 (five hundred United States dollars) and for André Lange Schulze in the amount of USD$580.00 (five hundred and eighty United States dollars), which must be paid to each of them. e) Future expenses that may be incurred in the remaining proceedings before the Court and in the stage of compliance with the judgment issued by the Court, both internationally and nationally. In consideration of the above mentioned, it requested that the Court provide the opportunity to present updated figures and receipts regarding the expenses incurred during the contentious process. 216. The State argued that the representatives did not base their argument on legal or jurisprudential grounds that oblige the State to cover the stage of monitoring of compliance with an eventual condemnatory judgment, so it must be rejected. 60