29 this obligation is of particular importance in the instant case, given the family relationships that exist among the Saramakas. XIX 110. The Commission requests that Suriname be ordered to pay the expenses relating to negotiations undertaken with the Government and those incurred in the proceedings before the Commission and the Court. 111. The Court has already decided that the Government, as requested by the Commission, shall reimburse the expenses incurred by the families of the victims in their dealings with the Surinamese authorities (supra, paras. 94 and 95). 112. In the instant case, the events took place on December 31, 1987, and the petition was received by the Secretariat of the Commission on January 15, 1988, that is, fifteen days later. From that date on, the case was before, first, the Commission and then the Court. The families of the victims did not have to pursue lengthy proceedings in order to submit the case to the Commission, for the latter took up the petition immediately. For this reason, they were not obliged to seek the advice of a professional and, as a result, did not appoint anyone. Dr. Claudio Grossman, who is identified by the Commission as the attorney for the victims, acted as the legal advisor of the Commission when the case was brought to the Court (cfr. Aloeboetoe et al. Case, supra, introductory paragraph, para. 7 and cf. supra, para. 36). 113. The American Convention has established a system for the protection of human rights in the Continent, assigning responsibilities primarily to two organs, the Commission and the Court, whose costs are financed out of the budget of the Organization of American States. 114. In the instant case, the Commission has preferred to fulfill the functions assigned to it under the American Convention by contracting outside professionals instead of using its own staff. The Commission’s operational arrangements are a matter of its own internal organization and not subject to the intervention of the Court. However, the Commission cannot demand that expenses incurred as a result of its own internal work structure be reimbursed through the assessment of costs. The operation of the human rights organs of the American system is funded by the Member States by means of their annual contributions. The Court also cannot assess as costs the expenses incurred by its Deputy Secretary in travelling to Suriname, nor the advisory services required on financial or actuarial issues. These are all expenses that the Court must incur as an organ of the system in order to fulfill the functions ascribed to it by the American Convention. 115. In view of the above and of the fact that Suriname has expressly accepted its international responsibility and has not in any way hindered the proceedings for the fixing of reparations, the Court dismisses the Commission’s request for reimbursement of costs. XX 116. Now, therefore,