IX. COSTS 168. The Applicants submit that with regard to the proceedings before the Court, they incurred expenses in respect of lawyers’ fees, air travel to Arusha to file the Application, hotel expenses, car rental and utilities. For all these expenses, they pray the Court to order the Respondent State to reimburse them the sum of Eighty-Two Million Six Hundred Thousand (82,600,000) CFA Francs. 169. The Applicants further pray the Court to order the Respondent State to pay them the sum of Ninety-Six Million Eight Hundred and Fifty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Three (96,858,373) CFA Francs in respect of costs. * 170. The Respondent State submits that by filing an application before this Court without seeking legal aid, the Applicants prove that they are financially endowed. The Respondent State prays the Court to dismiss the Applicants’ prayers and order them to pay costs. *** 171. Rule 32(2) of the Rules provides that “Unless otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear its own costs”. 172. As the Court recalled earlier in this judgment, any claim for pecuniary reparation or reimbursement of procedural costs must be backed by supporting documents.30 In the instant case, the Court notes that although the Applicants might have incurred costs in respect of the present proceedings, they did not provide any evidence in support of the said costs. 30 Ajavon v. Benin (reparation), supra, § 142; Umuhoza v. Rwanda (reparations), supra, § 40; and Zongo and Others v. Burkina Faso (reparations), supra, § 81. 40