and Amaury González Ramírez, since the effects of the facts of this case on their personal integrity have been proved, and also their efforts to discover the whereabouts of their husband and father, respectively. These sums must be paid within one year of notification of the Judgment. E) Costs and expenses 321. As the Court has indicated on previous occasions, costs and expenses are included in the concept of reparation established in Article 63(1) of the American Convention. 345 322. The Commission asked the Court that, after it had heard the representatives, it order the State to pay the costs and expenses arising from the processing of this case both in the domestic sphere and before the inter-American human rights system. 323. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to reimburse, in equity, costs and expenses to the “Truth Commission” and to the lawyer, Tomás Castro Monegro, for a total of US$30,000.00 (thirty thousand United States dollars) for “the costs arising from their professional services during 15 years,” and taking into account that they “have not kept receipts for most of the expenses incurred.” In addition, they asked that the Court establish, in equity, the expenses incurred by the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) at US$25,000.00 (twenty-five thousand United States dollars) for representing the victim and his family in the international proceedings since 1996. In its final arguments, CEJIL updated the amounts of the expenses incurred in the litigation before the Court, which include “the travel and additional expenses incurred for the representatives to attend the public hearing, as well as expenditure to obtain evidence,” requesting an additional payment of US$9,228.02 (nine thousand two hundred and twenty-eight United States dollars and two cents) for a total of US$34,228.02 (thirty-four thousand, two hundred and twenty-eight United States dollars and two cents). 324. The State contested various vouchers forwarded by the representatives in relation to its requests concerning costs and expenses. 325. The Court reiterates that, according to its case law, 346 costs and expenses are part of the concept of reparation, because the activity deployed by the victims to obtain justice at both the national and the international level, entails expenditure that must be compensated when the State’s international responsibility is declared in a judgment against it. Regarding reimbursement, the Court must assess prudently their scope, which includes the expenses arising before the authorities of the domestic jurisdiction, and also those incurred in the course of the proceedings before this Court, 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. 326. The Court has indicated that “the claims of the victims or their representatives with regard to costs and expenses, and the evidence authenticating them, must be submitted to the Court at the first procedural moment granted them, which is in the pleadings and motions brief. Nevertheless, these claims may be updated subsequently, in accordance with the new costs and expenses that they have incurred owing to the proceedings before this 345 Cf. Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and costs. Judgment of August 27, 1998. Series C No. 39, para. 79, and Case of Fontevecchia and D’Amico v. Argentina, supra note 70, para. 124. 346 Cf. Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and costs, supra note 345, para. 79, and Case of Fontevecchia and D’Amico v. Argentina, supra note 70, para. 124. 95