79 267. Taking into account the foregoing considerations, the Court finds that the Search Association’s proven expenses total approximately US$ 112,000.00 (one hundred and twelve thousand United States dollars). The Court considers it reasonable to add a further amount to this sum for the time, work and resources used to search for the victims for more than 18 years, and for its continued efforts to that end. Consequently, the Court decides to establish, in equity, a total sum of US$ 180,000.00 (one hundred and eighty thousand United States dollars) for the Asociación de Pro-Búsqueda de Niños y Niñas Desaparecidos to cover the costs and expenses incurred during its work of searching for the five victims and for the litigation of this case at the domestic and international levels. This amount shall be paid directly to the representative organization. The Court considers that, in the proceeding to monitor compliance with this judgment, it may order the State to reimburse the victims or their representatives for any reasonable expenses incurred during that procedural stage. F. Reimbursement of expenses to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund 268. In 2008, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States created the Legal Assistance Fund to “facilitate access to the inter-American human rights system by persons who currently lack the resources needed to bring their cases before the system.”332 In the instant case, the required financial assistance from said Fund was granted to cover the travel and accommodation expenses to enable María Juliana Rochac Hernández, José Arístides Bonilla Osorio and the expert witness Martha de la Concepción Cabrera Cruz to appear before the Court and render their respective statements and expert opinion at the public hearing held at the seat of the Court, in the city of San José, Costa Rica, and the costs of formalizing and sending the two affidavits of the witnesses proposed by the representatives (supra para. 7). 269. The State had an opportunity to present its observations on the expenditures made in this case, which amounted to US$ 4,134.29 (four thousand, one hundred and thirty four United States dollars and twenty-nine cents). El Salvador argued that the details of the expenses presented, in relation to the beneficiaries and the expenses covered, is consistent with the order that granted the financial assistance. However, the State observed that certain additional charges were specified related to the means of payment used, together with an additional charge made for changes to the date or time on the airline ticket of the expert witness, Martha de la Concepción Cabrera Cruz, despite the formal notification of the order of the President, of March 3, 2014, which set the date and time of the public hearing in this case. Consequently, the State requested that these costs be excluded from any reimbursement ordered by the Court to said Fund. Considerations of the Court 270. In application of Article 5 of the Rules of the Fund, the Court will now consider whether to order the respondent State to reimburse the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Court for the expenditures incurred, taking into consideration the observations presented. 271. Based on the violations declared in this judgment, and considering that the petitioners complied with the requirements to access the Fund, the Court orders the State to reimburse said Fund in the amount of US$ 4,134.29 (four thousand, one hundred and thirty-four United States dollars and twenty-nine cents) for necessary expenses incurred for the appearance of the witnesses and the expert witness at the public hearing in this case, as well as for the formalization and sending of two AG/RES. 2426 (XXXVIII-O/08), Resolution adopted by the OAS General Assembly during the XXXVIII Regular Session of the OAS, at the fourth plenary session, held on June 3, 2008, “Creation of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American System of Human Rights”, Operative Paragraph 2.a), and CP/RES. 963 (1728/09), Resolution adopted on November 11, 2009, by the Permanent Council of the OAS, “Rules of Procedure for the Operation of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American System of Human Rights”, Article 1(1). 332