112 240. Consequently, the State must adopt the necessary measures to train and educate the members of intelligence services, the Armed Forces and the National Police on legality issues and restrictions related to the use of force in general situations, armed conflict and terrorism, the due obedience concept and the role of said institutions in situations such as the events in the instant case. In doing so, the State must implement, on a permanent basis and within a reasonable time, human rights-oriented programs for all-rank members of the above-mentioned institutions. 241. The State must also adopt the necessary measures to train and educate prosecutors and judges, including officers of military criminal courts, on international standards related to the judicial protection of human rights. In doing so, the State must also implement, on a permanent basis and within a reasonable time, human rights-oriented programs for the above-mentioned officers. 242. Said programs shall specially focus on the instant Judgment and the international instruments on human rights. E) COSTS AND EXPENSES 243. As the Court has stated on previous occasions, costs and fees are contemplated within the concept of reparations as enshrined in Article 63(1) of the American Convention, since the victims’ endeavor to obtain justice in the domestic as well as international levels lead to expenses that must be compensated when the State’s international responsibility has been determined in a conviction judgment. With regard to their reimbursement, the Court must prudently assess their extent, which involve the expenses incurred when acting before the authorities within the domestic jurisdiction as well as those incurred in the course of proceedings before the Inter-American System, taking into account the particular circumstances of the specific case and the nature of international jurisdiction in the protection of human rights. Such estimate may be made on grounds of equitable principles and in consideration of the expenses reported and evidenced by the parties, provided they are reasonable.187 244. The Court takes into account that the above-mentioned relatives acted through their representatives in the domestic jurisdiction and before the Commission and this Court as well. In this regard, while the representatives in the instant case filed requests for reimbursement of costs and expenses, they failed to submit supporting documents. 245. Therefore, based on equitable standards, the Court orders the State to pay as costs and expenses incurred in the domestic jurisdiction and during the proceedings before the Inter-American System, the amount of US$40,000.00 (four thousand United States dollars) or an equivalent amount in Peruvian currency, to Andrea Gisela Ortiz-Perea and Alejandrina Raida Cóndor-Saez, who will in turn distribute said amount among their representatives as they deem appropriate. 187 Cf. Case of Goiburú et al. supra note 1, para. 180; Case of Montero-Aranguren et al. (Retén de Catia), supra note 97, para. 152; and Case of Ximenes-Lopes, supra note 6, para. 252.

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