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Trust Fund for Victims - Annual meeting, The Hague, March 2012

ICC Trust Fund for Victims assists over 80,000 victims, raises reparations reserve In the wake of the first verdict by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims at the ICC convened for its annual meeting in The Hague, from 20 to 22 March 2012. As the Trust Fund will play an important part in Court-ordered reparations, the Board considered its roles and responsibilities and decided to increase the Fund's financial reserve to complement ICC reparations awards with 200,000 euros, to a level of 1.2 million euros. Background: The Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) The Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) is the first of its kind in the global movement to end impunity and promote justice. At the end of one of the bloodiest centuries in human history, the international community made a commitment to end impunity, help prevent the gravest crimes known to humanity and bring justice to victims with the adoption of the Rome Statute. In 2002, the Rome Statute came into effect and the Assembly of States Parties established the TFV under article 79 of the Rome Statute, to benefit victims of crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC, and their families. These crimes are genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression. The TFV addresses and responds to the physical, psychological, or material needs of the most vulnerable victims. It raises public awareness and mobilizes people, ideas and resources. It funds innovative projects through intermediaries to relieve the suffering of the often forgotten survivors. The TFV works closely with NGOs, community groups, women's grassroots organisations, governments, and UN agencies at local, national, and international levels. By focusing on local ownership and leadership, the TFV empowers victims as main stakeholders in the process of rebuilding their lives. With the unique roles of implementing both Court-ordered and general assistance to victims of crimes under the ICC's jurisdiction, the Trust Fund for Victims offers key advantages for promoting lasting peace, reconciliation, and wellbeing in war-torn societies. The TFV fulfils two mandates for victims of crimes under jurisdiction of the ICC: 1. Reparations: implementing Court-ordered reparations awards against a convicted person when directed by the Court to do so. 2. General Assistance: using voluntary contributions from donors to provide victims and their families in situations where the Court is active with physical rehabilitation, material support, and/or psychological rehabilitation. Currently, the TFV is providing a broad range of support under its second mandate in northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo -- including access to reproductive health services, vocational training, trauma-based counselling, reconciliation workshops, reconstructive surgery and more -- to over 80,000 victims of crimes under the ICC's jurisdiction. Most of its projects have incorporated both gender-specific and child-specific interventions to support the special vulnerability of women, girls, and boys. There are currently seven situations before the ICC, in Northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Darfur, the Central African Republic (CAR), Kenya, Libya and Côte d'Ivoire. For more information on the Trust Fund for Victims, visit www.trustfundforvictims.org