47 Arguments by the representatives 109. As regards the expenses and costs paid by the COFAVIC, the representatives stated as follows: a) said organization incurred expenses in connection with the case of Mr. Oscar José Blanco-Romero, both domestically and internationally, in its capacity as representative of Mrs. Alejandra Josefina Iriarte de Blanco and Mrs. Gisela Romero. It has further assisted Mrs. Blanco in obtaining the authorizations to leave Venezuela, as well as her daughter Aleoscar Russeth Blanco-Iriarte, who has required “travel authorizations" due to the absence of her father; b) the case of Mr. Oscar José Blanco-Romero was simultaneously prosecuted in Vargas State and the Capital District, which is why several of COFAVIC’s legal counselors had to be put on the case on a full-time basis; c) it has provided “psycho-social and communicational assistance” to the next of kin of Roberto Javier Hernández-Paz and Francisco José Rivas-Hernández; and d) the expenses claimed total US $74,274.00 (seventy-four thousand two hundred and seventy-four United States dollars). 110. Regarding the costs and expenses incurred by the Episcopal Vicarship, the representatives stated as follows: a) said organization incurred expenses in connection with the litigation of the case of Messrs. José Francisco Rivas-Fernández and Roberto Javier Hernández-Paz, both domestically and before the Inter-American System, in its capacity as representatives of Mrs. Nélida Josefina Fernández-Pelicie, Mrs. Teodora Paz de Hernández and Mrs. Allied Maritza Hernández-Paz, and of Mr. Francisco Jeremías Rivas; and b) the expenses claimed total US $61,173.00 (sixty-one thousand one hundred and seventy-three United States dollars). 111. As regards the costs and expenses incurred by PROVEA, the representatives stated as follows: a) such organization has incurred expenses in connection with the litigation of the case of Mr. Roberto Javier Hernández-Paz, both domestically and internationally; and b) the expenses claimed total US $14,519.00 (fourteen thousand five hundred and nineteen United States dollars). 112. As regards the costs and expenses incurred by CEJIL, the representatives stated as follows: