The Trust Fund for Victims 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. This treaty - voted for by 120 nations in 1998 - created the International Criminal Court to prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. For the people who suffer most from these crimes, and who too often are forgotten, it set forth the mandates of the Trust Fund for Victims. In 2002, the Rome Statute came into force and the Assembly of States Parties established the TFV.
You can read more about our past and current projects in our Programme Progress Reports:
The Trust Fund for Victims supports activities which address the harm resulting from crimes under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court by assisting victims to return to a dignified and contributory life within their communities. The TFV develops its activities with the victims themselves as partners, helping them rebuild their families and communities and regain their place as fully contributing members of their societies.
Our Fall 2010 Programme Progress Report is available in English and French (PDF). This report -- Learning from the TFV's Second Mandate: From Implementing Rehabilitation Assistance to Reparations -- provides a detailed update on the TFV's active projects in the situations of northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The report builds on the TFV's field experience and results from our survey of 2,600 victims receiving assistance in both situations to reflect on lessons learned for Court-ordered reparations. Also available are our Spring 2010 Programme Progress Report on Recognizing Victims and Building Capacity in Transitional Societies and our Fall 2009 Programme Progress Report.
Currently, the TFV is providing a broad range of support under its second mandate - including vocational training, counselling, reconciliation workshops, reconstructive surgery and more - to an estimated 70,000 victims of crimes under the ICC's jurisdiction. We are also in the process of accepting expressions of interest for projects supporting victims of sexual violence in the Central African Republic. The submission window is now closed. But more info on the TFV's CAR programme can be found here:
The TFV employs two targeting strategies for this assistance: (1) projects tailored to meet the needs of victims of specific crimes and (2) large-scale projects to help communities rebuild themselves and establish long-term peace and reconciliation. You can read more about these on ourprojectsandsuccess storiespages.
You can also find more information about our legal basis, our two mandates, and our current projects using the links above. For more information, or to make a donation, please contact us at Trust.Fund@icc-cpi.int.