- 97 resulted in severe psychological effects and suffering,” with depressive psychological tendencies,
anxiety, dissociative disorder, and chronic anxiety among other symptoms. However, she indicated
that “the symptoms have decreased slightly during his house arrest.” In addition, regarding the risk
of being extradited, she considered that this caused him sufferings, such as feeling a “permanent
death threat [and he had encountered] situations of racial and personal abuse owing to the reactions
of other prisoners to the possibility that he would be extradited.”386
317. Based on the foregoing conclusions, the circumstances of this case, and the violations found,
the Court considers it pertinent to establish, in equity, compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary damage in favor of Wong Ho Wing of US$ 30,000.00 (thirty thousand United States
dollars). This amount must be paid within the relevant time frame established by the Court (infra
para. 323).
D. Costs and expenses
318. The representative requested, for costs and expenses, the sum of US$ 10,000.00 as
honoraria based on the professional services contract signed by the representative of Wong Ho
Wing and He Long Huang; as well as US$ 6,651.44 for expenses related to the proceedings. With
his final written arguments, the representative also forwarded vouchers for expenses incurred
following the presentation of the motions and arguments brief. The State indicated that it was only
in order to pay costs and expenses if receipts, travel vouchers, and other documents existed
proving that the disbursements were made in relation to these proceedings. In particular, it argued
that the need for, and the reasonableness, of the trips made by different persons, including the
underage daughters of Wong Ho Wing, for the same event and on numerous occasions, referring
to trips to Washington D.C, San José, and Lima.
319. The Court reiterates that, pursuant to its case law,387 costs and expenses are part of the
concept of reparation, insofar as the actions taken by the victims to obtain justice at both the
domestic and the international level, involve expenditures that must be compensated when the
international responsibility of the State has been declared in a sentence condemning it. The Court
also recalls that the eventual reimbursement of costs and expenses is made based on the
disbursements that have been duly proved before the Court.
320. The Court notes that the representative provided evidence corresponding to the expenses
for: the professional services contract amounting to US$10,000.00,388 sending correspondence to
the Inter-American Commission for US$138.30,389 payment of airfares for the family of Wong Ho
Wing to take part in the hearing before the Court in February 2011 for US$2,751.80,390
accommodation in Washington, D.C. for his family and lawyer to take part in the hearing before
the Inter-American Commission in October 2010 for US$482.90,391 payment of airfares for the
family to participate in hearings before the Inter-American Commission in October 2010 and March
2012 for US$1,982.80,392 accommodation for Wong Ho Wing’s brother to take part in a hearing
386
Expert opinion of Carmen Wurst provided by affidavit on August 18, 2014 (evidence file, folios 6885 and 6886).
387
Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras. Reparations and costs, supra, para. 42, and Case of Cruz Sánchez et al. v.
Peru, supra, para. 488.
388
Cf. Contract for professional services (evidence file, folios 6083 and 6084).
389
Cf. Mailing correspondence to the Inter-American Commission (evidence file, folio 6201).
390
Cf. Payment of airline tickets to Costa Rica for the immediate family of Wong Ho Wing to take part in the hearing before
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in February 2011 (evidence file, folios 6202 and 6203).
391
Cf. Accommodation in Washington D.C. to participate in a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights in October 2010 (evidence file, folios 6204 to 6209).
392
Cf. Payment of airline tickets to Washington D.C. for Wong Ho Wing’s family to take part in a hearing before the Inter-