196. Regarding the reimbursement of costs and expenses, it is for the Court to assess their extent prudently. They include the expenses incurred before the authorities of the domestic jurisdiction, as well as those arising during these proceedings before the inter-American system, taking into account the circumstances of the specific case and the nature of the international jurisdiction for the protection of human rights. This assessment may be made based on the principle of equity and taking into account the expenses indicated by the parties, provided that the amount is reasonable.215 197. In the instant case, the Court observes that the representatives did not forward vouchers proving the sums paid by the victim during the processing of this case at the domestic level for professional fees and procedural expenses. However, the Court finds it reasonable to assume that during the years in which the case was processed before the domestic jurisdiction, the victim had financial outlays. Furthermore, the Court observes that Mrs. Chocrón Chocrón and the representatives incurred diverse expenses related to fees, collection of evidence, transport and communication services during the international processing of this case.216 Although some amounts have not been fully proved,217 the Court can infer that the victim and the representatives incurred expenses for approximate amounts. 198. Based on the foregoing considerations, the Court determines that the State must deliver the sum of US$18,000.00 (eighteen thousand United States dollars) to the victim for costs and expenses. The said amount shall be paid within one year of notification of this judgment. Mrs. Chocrón Chocrón will, in turn, pay the amount she considers appropriate to her representatives in the domestic jurisdiction and in the proceedings before the inter-American system. During the proceeding of monitoring compliance with this judgment, the Court may order that the State reimburse the victim or her representatives for any reasonable expenses duly authenticated during that procedural stage. E. Method of complying with the payments ordered 199. The State must pay the compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage directly to the victim, and also the reimbursement of costs and expenses, within one year of notification of this judgment, in the terms of the following paragraphs. Furthermore, the State must pay the victim the amount established in paragraph 154 of this judgment within six month of the decision establishing that Mrs. Chocrón Chocrón will not be reinstated into a post similar to the one she occupied, or on the expiry of the one-year period granted for this reinstatement. 200. If the beneficiary should die before she receives the respective compensation, it shall be paid directly to her heirs, in accordance with the applicable domestic law. 215 Cf. Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and costs, supra note 213, para. 82; Case of Abrill Alosilla et al. v. Peru, supra note 19, para. 137, and Case of Vera Vera et al. v. Ecuador, supra note 19, para. 144. 216 Cf. Expenditure for Caracas-Costa Rica-Caracas tickets; accommodation for three nights in San Jose, Costa Rica; transportation services; food at the airport and the hotel, domestic and international telephone calls; airport tax in Costa Rica for Mrs. Chocrón Chocrón; invoices for postal service; and invoice for authentication of a document (merits file, attachments to the final written arguments of the representatives, volume II, folios 937 to 958.). 217 Expenses for taxis between Caracas and Maiquetía and domestic taxes, as well as partial amounts for general transportation, airport restaurant, hotel restaurant, exit taxes (merits file, attachments to the final written arguments of the representatives, volume II, folios 934 to 936). 56