l)
USD 52,000.00 (fifty-two thousand United States dollars) for Marlen García Pineda;
m) USD 51,000.00 (fifty-one thousand United States dollars) for José Herminio García;
n) USD 52,000.00 (fifty-two thousand United States dollars) for Sandra Ivon Hernández
Deras;
o) USD 51,000.00 (fifty-one thousand United States dollars) for Marlon Javier García
Barahona;
p) USD 60,000.00 (sixty thousand United States dollars) for Elba Flores Ortiz;
q) USD 51,000.00 (fifty-one thousand United States dollars) for Julio Cesar Chavarría
Banegas, and
r) USD 51,000.00 (fifty-one thousand United States dollars) for Cristóbal Rufino
Hernández Pérez.
H. Costs and expenses
128. The Court will now analyze costs and expenses, in view of the State’s request that, “in
keeping with the standards of equity, reasonableness and duly documented outlays, taking into
account the circumstances of the case, [this Court] determine the amounts for costs and
expenses” for COFADEH (the committee of family members of detained and missing persons in
Honduras) and International Federation for Human Rights, FIDH.
129. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to pay the following amounts
in costs and expenses: (i) for the victims, USD 5,218.40 (five thousand two hundred eighteen
United States dollars and forty cents), in equity, for expenditures incurred throughout the
criminal proceedings, for the four trips to COFADEH offices and the payment of bond for five
persons at the time of the 1984 detention; (ii) for FIDH, EUR 2,500.00 (two thousand five
hundred euro) for FIDH attorney fees, to be reimbursed to the Federation, and (iii) for
COFADEH, USD 44,371.00 (forty-four thousand three hundred seventy-one United States
dollars) in professional fees for a psychologist to treat the family, photocopies and
administrative expenses (telephone calls, electronic communications, office supplies, paper
and printing), and the salary allocated for “legal prosecutors.”
130. After the pleadings and motions brief was submitted, the representatives reported a
total of USD 7,710.90 (seven thousand seven hundred ten United States dollars and ninety
cents) in expenditures incurred by the victims for travel to the hearing; a total of
USD 13,031.15 (thirteen thousand thirty-one United States dollars and fifteen cents) for
COFADEH, itemized as USD 3,918.96 (three thousand nine hundred eighteen United States
dollars and ninety-six cents) for “expenses during the hearing,” and USD 8,148.28 (eight
thousand one hundred forty-eight United States dollars and twenty-eight cents) for travel,
lodging and food, communication and expenditures for preparing the case, and USD 963.91
(nine hundred sixty-three United States dollars and ninety-one cents), as well as a total of
EUR 5,316.39 (five thousand three hundred sixteen euro and thirty-nine cents) for FIDH.
131. The Court recalls that, pursuant to its case law, costs and expenses are part of the
body of reparations because the activities undertaken by the victims to obtain justice both
nationally and internationally require outlays that should be covered when the Court judges
the State to be internationally responsible. The Court must assess prudently the scope of
reimbursement for costs and expenses, which includes expenses incurred before domestic
legal authorities, as well as those incurred in the course of the proceedings before the interAmerican system, keeping in mind the circumstances of the specific case and the nature of
international jurisdiction for the protection of human rights. This assessment can be done on