A. Legal fees related to proceedings before this Court 177. The Applicant prays the Court to award him United States Dollars Twenty Thousand (US$ 20,000) as lawyers’ fees for the proceedings before this Court. This is calculated on the basis of 300 hours of legal work, of which 200 hours are for the assistant counsel and 100 hours for the lead counsel, thus accounting for United States Dollars Fifty (US$ 50) an hour for the assistant counsel, and United States Dollars One Hundred (US$ 100) an hour for the lead counsel, totalling United States Dollars Ten Thousand (US$ counsel and United States Dollars Ten Thousand and 10,000) for the assistant (US$ 10,000) for the lead counsel. 178. For its part, the Respondent State avers that the Applicant was provided legal assistance by PALU, hence, he did not incur any legal expenses in conducting his case. Relying on the Norbert Zongo v Burkina Faso Case, the Respondent State argues that it is not sufficient to remit probative documents, rather, the parties must develop the reasons that relate the evidence to the facts under consideration, and in the case of alleged financial disbursement, the items and justification must be clearly described. The Respondent State submits that the claims for legal fees should be disregarded. see 179. With regard to legal fees, “while the reparation paid to the victims of human rights violations may also include reimbursement of lawyer's fees”®?,the Court notes in the instant case that the Applicant was represented by PALU throughout the proceedings under the Court's legal assistance scheme. As the Court has ®°Beneficiaries of late Norbert Zongo v. Burkina Faso (reparations) (2015) 1 AfCLR 258 § 79. 48

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