115 282. Furthermore, and as it has been ordered in prior cases,198 the Court considers that the State must publish, as a measure of satisfaction, within a term of six months running as from service of notice of this Judgment, at least once, in the Official Gazette and in another nationwide newspaper in Peru, the sections “Proven Facts” without the corresponding footnotes (supra paras. 97(1) to 97(140)), as well as the operative paragraphs of this Judgment (infra para. 297.) E) COSTS AND EXPENSES Arguments of the Commission 283. As regards the costs and expenses, the Commission pointed out that the Court, after hearing the alleged victims and their representatives, must make the pertinent decision. Arguments of the representatives 284. As regards the determination of costs and expenses, the representatives pointed out the following: a) “Several expenses had to be incurred in order to provide for the defense of the alleged victims in the criminal trials conducted against [them] for the crime of terrorism before the Peruvian courts; such expenses consisted of attorneys’ fees, expenses for domestic judicial and penitentiary steps that had to be taken, as well as expenses related to the proceedings started before the international courts;” b) The steps taken at the domestic level comprised, among others, “the filing of pleadings, motions, and appeals; the transportation of [their] next of kin and attorneys, among other persons, to various public offices; the taking of photocopies; the drafting and submission of communications addressed to the Executive and Legislative Powers, to the Office of the Public Prosecutor, and to the directors of penitentiary centers. All these expenses were borne by [the alleged victims] and [their] next of kin;” c) Their legal representative, Carolina Loayza, since 2001 has made several presentations before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which also generated expenses. She had to travel to take part in hearings called by the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court; and she made visits to the penitentiary center; d) “Said expenses must be reimbursed to [the] [alleged victims’] next of kin and [their] legal representative, Attorney Carolina Loayza, pursuant to her contribution to their legal defense;” 198 Cf. Case of the “Mapiripán Massacre”, supra note 2, para. 318; Case of Raxcacó-Reyes, supra note 10, para. 136; and Case of Gutiérrez-Soler, supra note 6, para. 105.

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