111 Considerations of the Court 408. The Court reiterates that, based on its case law,404 costs and expenses form part of the concept of reparation established in Article 63(1) of the American Convention, because the actions taken by the victims in order to obtain justice, at both the domestic and the international level, entail disbursements that must be compensated when the international responsibility of the State has been declared in a judgment. 409. The Court has indicated that the claims of the victims or their representatives for costs and expenses, and the supporting evidence must be submitted to the Court at the first procedural moment granted them; that is, in the motions and pleadings brief, without prejudice to these claims being updated subsequently, based on the new costs and expenses incurred as a result of the proceedings before this Court. 405 In addition, the Court recalls that it is not sufficient merely to forward the probative documents; rather, the parties are required to include arguments that relate the evidence to the fact it is considered to represent and that, in the case of alleged financial disbursements, the items and their justification are clearly established.406 410. In this case, the file does not contain any precise evidence supporting the costs and expenses incurred by the victims’ representatives. Nevertheless, the Court can infer that the representatives did incur expenses in the exercise of their legal representation during the proceedings before this Court. Also, it is reasonable to suppose that, during the years that this case was processed before the Commission, the victims and the representatives made financial disbursements. Taking this into account, the Court establishes, in equity, the sum of US$10,000 (ten thousand United States dollars) that must be delivered to the representatives for the costs and expenses arising from the processing of the case before the inter-American human rights system. At the stage of monitoring compliance with this judgment, the Court may require the State to reimburse the victims or their representatives for any subsequent, reasonable and duly authenticated expenses.407 F) Method of compliance with the payments ordered 411. The State shall make the payment of compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage directly to the beneficiaries, and the payment for costs and expenses directly to the representatives, within one year of notification of this judgment, in accordance with the following paragraphs. 412. If any beneficiary should die before receiving the respective compensation, this shall be delivered directly to his or her heirs, pursuant to the applicable domestic law. 413. The State shall comply with its obligations by payment in United States dollars or the equivalent amount in Venezuelan currency, using the exchange rate between the two currencies in force on the New York Stock Exchange (United States of America), the day before the payment to make the respective calculation. Cf. Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and costs, para. 79, and Case of Cruz Sánchez et al. v. Peru, para. 488. 404 Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and costs, para. 79, and Case of Cruz Sánchez et al. v. Peru, para. 489. 405 Cf. Case of Chaparro Álvarez and Lapo Íñiguez. v. Ecuador, para. 277, and Case of Cruz Sánchez et al. v. Peru, para. 489. 406 Cf. Case of Ibsen Cárdenas and Ibsen Peña v. Bolivia. Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of September 1, 2010 Series C No. 217, para. 291, and Cruz Sánchez et al. v. Peru, para. 492. 407

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