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214. The costs and expenses are included within the concept of reparation enshrined
in Article 63(1) of the American Convention. The Tribunal must prudently and based on
equity appraise their scope, considering the expenses generated before the domestic
and Inter-American jurisdictions, and taking into account their verification, the
circumstances of the specific case, and the nature of the international jurisdiction for
the protection of human rights.131
215. In this respect, the Tribunal considers it in equity to order the State to
reimburse the amount of US$10,000.00 (ten thousand dollars of the United States of
America) or its equivalent in Honduran currency to Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez, who will
give OFRANEH and CEJIL the amounts he considers appropriate to compensate the
expenses incurred in by them.
D)
Method of Compliance
216. The State shall pay the compensations and reimburse the costs and expenses
(supra paras. 194, 195(a), 195(b), 202(a), 202(b), 202(c), 202(d), and 202(e), and
215) within one year, as of the notification of this Judgment. In the case of the other
reparations ordered the measures must be complied with in a reasonable period of
time (supra paras. 207, 209, and 210), or in the one specifically stated in the
Judgment (supra para. 208).
217. Payment of the compensations established in favor of the victim and his next of
kin will be made directly to them. If any of them were to pass away, payment will be
made to their successors.
218. In what refers to the compensation ordered in favor of the minors Alfa Barauda
López Reyes, Suamein Alfred López, Gustavo Narciso López Reyes, Iris Tatiana López
Bermúdez, José Jaime Reyes Reyes, and María Marcelina Reyes Reyes, the State must
deposit it in a solvent Honduran institution. The investment will be made within a oneyear period, in the most favorable financial conditions allowed by legislation and bank
practices, and it will be kept there while the beneficiaries are minors. It may be
withdrawn by them when they become of legal age, in its case, of before if it is in the
best interest of the child, established through the determination of a competent judicial
authority. If the compensation is not claimed after ten years as of the turning of legal
age, the amount will be returned to the State, along with the interests earned.
219. If due to causes attributable to the other beneficiaries of the compensation it
were not possible for them to receive it within the mentioned one-year term, the State
will deposit said amounts in favor of those in an account or certificate of deposit in a
solvent Honduran bank institution, and in the most favorable financial conditions
permitted by the legislation and bank practices. If the compensation has not been
claimed after ten years, the corresponding amount will be returned to the State, along
with the interests earned.
220. Payments destined to paying the costs and expenses made by the
representatives in the internal and international proceedings will be made to Mr.
Alfredo López Álvarez (supra para. 215), who will make the corresponding
reimbursements.
131
Cf. Case of Blanco-Romero et al., supra note 7, para. 114; Case of García-Asto and Ramírez-Rojas,
supra note 7, para. 223; and Case of Gómez-Palomino, supra note 7, para. 150.
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