- 101 amount granted for consequential damage, the Court does not find it in order to award an additional amount to the victims under this heading. 332. Regarding the expenses incurred by the AJD, the Court notes that the Association presented various probative elements to support the expenses associated with the hunger strike of May 2010. However, the Court finds that these expenses were not directly related to the processing of the litigation of this case at the domestic and the international levels. Regarding Ms. Flores Lanza’s travel expenses for the trip she made to Spain, the representatives did not explain clearly how that trip had been useful for the processing of this case. Furthermore, it notes that the representatives provided receipts for per diems given to the four victims in this case, as well as for accommodation and plane tickets to attend the hearings held by the Commission in March 2011 and March 2012.480 In this regard, they indicated that the victims had taken part in other meetings and activities in the context of that trip and had therefore asked that the Court consider only 50% of the expenses covered by the said vouchers. The Court observes that on the invoice corresponding to the purchase of plane tickets,481 of the four tickets that this covers, only one corresponds to tickets in the name of a victim in this case, and the representatives did not clarify whether the other three tickets bore any relationship to this litigation. Consequently, the Court will take into account only the cost of Mr. López Lone’s ticket. Regarding the expenses of the participation of Messrs. Chévez and Barrios, the representatives indicated that they “do not have the corresponding vouchers; nevertheless, [… they] asked that the Court consider that these were similar to the amount assigned to Mr. López Lone] as they covered the same items.” Following the presentation of the pleadings and motions brief, the representatives submitted invoices corresponding to the expenses for seven affidavits,482 and the forwarding of documents, as well as for the payment for the authentication of signatures and the forwarding of expert reports.483 They also presented vouchers for travel expenses, per diems, and accommodation related to participation in the public hearing held in this case.484 Based on the foregoing, the Court notes that the AJD presented vouchers for costs and expenses amounting to US$12,057.06. 333. Regarding the expenses incurred by CEJIL, the Court determines that it has provided evidence corresponding to the expenses to attend the hearing on admissibility before the Inter-American 480 Cf. Receipts for travel expenses dated March 16, 2011, for each victim to attend the hearing held at the Inter-American Commission in March 2011 (evidence file, folios 5900 to 5903); invoices for accommodation at The Embassy Inn from March 21 to 27, 2011 (evidence file, folios 5904 and 5905); receipt from American Airlines dated March 8, 2011 (evidence file, folio 5906); invoice for accommodation at Carlyle Suites, Washington D.C. from March 21 to 27, 2012 (evidence file, folio 5909), and receipts for travel expenses of Adán Guillermo López Lone and Tirza del Carmen Flores Lanza dated March 20, 2012 (evidence file, folio 5911). 481 Cf. Invoice for the purchase of plane tickets in the name of Rubenia Galeano, Paula Velasquez, Adriana Orocu and Guillermo López Lone of March 3, 2012 (evidence file, folio 5908). 482 Cf. Invoice from Asesoría Legal Integrada dated January 8, 2015, for four affidavits and payment for forwarding them on the same date (merits file, folios 1688 and 1689); receipt for payment of three notarized statements dated January 7, 2014 (merits file, folio 1692). When calculating the dollar value of the amounts presented in lempiras, the Court used the exchange rate in force at the date of the invoice according to the table on the average cost of the dollar prepared by the Banco Central of Honduras. 483 Cf. Invoice for sending documents by Fedex dated January 9, 2015 (merits file, folio 1693); receipt for payment of authentication of Julio Escoto’s signature (merits file, folio 1695), and UPS payment of January 9 and 10, 2015 (merits file, folios 1696 to 1698). 484 The representatives presented the invoice corresponding to the plane tickets for Luis Chévez and Lidia Galindo, Oduemi Arias, Tirza Flores, Adán López and Ramón Barrios (merits file, folios 1701 and 1702). They also presented the vouchers for payment of the airport and exit taxes (merits file, folios 1703 to 1711); invoice for accommodation at the Hotel Casa Cambranes (merits file, folio 1712), vouchers for payment of per diems to Oduemi Arias for six days to attend the public hearing; to Guillermo López Lone for nine days; to Tirza Flores Lanza for nine days; to Ramón Barrios for five days; to Luis Alonso Chévez for five days, and to Lidia Galindo for five days (merits file, folios 1713 to 1718).

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