84. In 2008, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States created the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Legal Assistance Fund with the "objective [to] provide access to the Inter-American System of human rights to those persons who currently do not have the resources to bring their cases before the system.” 68 In this case, during the monitoring compliance with judgment stage, Mrs. Feria Tinta, victim and common intervener of the representatives of the victims and their next of kin, sought support from the Court’s Legal Assistance Fund to appear at the hearing of monitoring of compliance at the headquarters of the Court on August 19, 2013. 85. By way of an Order of the President in this case dated July 29, 2013, 69 authorization was granted for the Fund to cover the reasonable costs of travel, accommodation and meals and other necessities for Mrs. Feria Tinta to appear at the private hearing for monitoring of 70 The State had the opportunity to submit its compliance (supra Having Seen clause 19). observations regarding the expenditures made in connection with the appearance at the private hearing, which amounted to the sum of US$2,756.29 (two thousand seven hundred fifty-six dollars and twenty cents of the United States of America). Peru did not submit observations. 86. Accordingly, it falls on the Court, pursuant to Article 5 of the Fund’s Rules of Procedure, to assess the admissibility of ordering the respondent State to reimburse the Legal Assistance Fund for the expenditures incurred. On the grounds that the State has not given Mrs. Feria Tinta the amount ordered in the Judgment in this case by way of reimbursement of costs and expenses (supra Considering clause 83) and that this amount does not include future costs that the victims may incur in the monitoring of compliance stage, the Court orders the State to reimburse said Fund in the amount of US$2,756.29 (two thousand seven hundred fifty-six dollars and twenty cents of the United States of America) for expenses incurred. This amount should be reimbursed to the Court within ninety days from the notification of this Order. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in exercise of its authority to monitor compliance with its decisions, in accordance with Articles 33, 62(1), 62(3), and 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, 24 and 30 of the Statute, and 31(2) and 69 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES TO: 68 AG/RES. 2426 (XXXVIII-O/08), Order adopted by the General Assembly of the OAS during a celebration held in the XXXVIII Ordinary Period of Sessions of the OAS, in the 4th plenary session, held on June 3, 2008, “Establishment of the Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American System of Human Rights,” Operative Paragraph 2(a), and CP/RES. 963 (1728/09), Order 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). 69 Cf. Case of Miguel Castro Castro Prison V. Peru. Order issued on July 29, 2013 by the Acting President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Victim’s Legal Assistance Fund, Considering clauses 7 to 19, and operative paragraph 1. 70 In the Order issued on September 2, 2010, the Court ruled on the scope of its power to consider, exceptionally, requests for assistance by the Fund outside of the framework regarding the merits of the contentious case. Cf. Case of Miguel Castro Castro Prison V. Peru. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of September 2, 2010, Considering clause 16. 34

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