issued by Dr. Jario Cortés regarding Ms. Bedoya determined that the attacks she experienced on May 25, 2000 and the previous and subsequent threats suffered “have impacted all areas of her life; and they will continue in the future to cause irreparable harm," adding that “the complications are increasingly more serious and extended." 353 The expert Martha Elena Chinchilla found likewise, stating that Ms. Bedoya continues to present with “chronic” post-traumatic stress disorder. 354 208. Therefore, considering the circumstances of this case, the violations committed, the suffering caused and experienced in different degrees, and the time elapsed, the Court sets in equity compensation for non-pecuniary damages in favor of the victims. 209. Accordingly, the Court orders, in equity, the payment of US$90,000.00 (ninety thousand United States dollars), for non-pecuniary damages in favor Jineth Bedoya Lima, as well as the sum of US$20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars), for non-pecuniary damages in favor of Luz Nelly Lima. The amounts awarded must be paid fully, regardless of the compensation amounts that the victims may have received domestically in the past for any of the facts included in this judgment. H. Costs and expenses 210. The representatives indicated that FLIP has acted as representatives of the victims in the national and international process since 2010 and requested that they be granted the amount of US$82,425.00. In their final written arguments, they indicated that “starting from the presentation of the [pleadings and motions brief], FLIP has incurred additional expenses corresponding to the legal work dedicated specifically to this case, which includes researching, compiling, and presenting evidence, preparing documents, and a variety of expenditures to cover the health needs of Ms. Bedoya. In addition, expenses were incurred to "guarantee participation in the virtual public hearing." The total requested for costs and expenses therefore amounted to US$101,781.00. 211. They likewise indicated that CEJIL has acted as representatives of the victims in the international process since 2013 and requested that they be granted the amount of US$21,889.16. They added that the expenses listed do not include all those to be incurred by the victims and their representatives in the remainder of the case’s processing before the Court, and asked that they be given the opportunity to present updated figures and receipts on the expenses yet to be incurred during the course of the international contentious process. In their final written arguments, they indicated that they had incurred multiple expenses related to "the production of evidence and following up on the process in this case." The total requested for costs and expenses therefore amounted to US$39,125.02. 212. The State objected to the payment of expenses and costs since it maintained that it was not internationally responsible for the facts of this case. Nevertheless, it requested that costs and expenses be limited to the amounts proven by the victims' representatives and that they be strictly related to tasks undertaken with respect to the case in question and that the amount be "reasonable." 213. The Court reiterates that, based on its case law, 355 costs and expenses form part of the concept of reparation, because the efforts made by the victims to obtain justice, both at the national and Cf. Expert opinion of Jario Enrique Cortés Pinzón given before a notary public on March 5, 2021 (evidence file, folio 40048 and 40049). 353 354 40041). Cf. Expert opinion of Martha Elena Chinchilla given before a notary public on March 6, 2021 (evidence file, folio Cf. Case of Garrido and Baigorria v. Argentina. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of August 27, 1998. Series C No. 39, para. 82, and Case of Guachalá Chimbo et al. v. Ecuador, supra, para. 269. 355 70