133. The Court recalls that, in the instant case, it has found that the Applicants, who were assisted by two lawyers before domestic courts, cannot hold the Respondent State liable for the failure to claim their rights to compensation in the reparation proceedings. 134. Accordingly, the Court dismisses the Applicants’ prayer to order the Respondent State to pay them the sum of Twenty-Nine Billion Three Hundred Forty-Nine Million One Hundred Thousand (29,349,100,000) CFA francs. iii. Costs in respect of domestic proceedings 135. The Applicants submit that on 23 September 2019, they entered into a fee agreement with Advocate Benoit Aké’s law firm for the sum of Eighty Million (80,000,000) CFA Francs in respect of local remedies and pray the Court to order the Respondent State to reimburse them the said costs. * 136. The Respondent State prays the Court to dismiss the Applicants’ claim on the ground that bringing the case before courts without seeking legal aid meant that they had sufficient financial resources. *** 137. The Court recalls its jurisprudence according to which reimbursement of costs is part of the concept of reparation such that once the said costs are stated, it could order the Respondent State to pay compensation to the victim.25 138. In the instant case, the Court notes that it emerges from the records that on 23 September 2019, a fee payment agreement was signed between the 25 Umuhoza v. Rwanda (reparations), supra, 37. 33