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Budget for the ICC
At its seventeenth Session in 2011, the Committee on Budget and
Finance (CBF) of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) proposed
a budget of €112,181,630 for the ICC in 2012. 404 The Court had
proposed a 2012 budget of €117,733,000, representing an increase
of €14,125,100, or 13.6%, over the ASP-approved budget for 2011.
The primary cost drivers for this increase are the new Situation
in Libya (€7,200,000) and the increase in the cost of legal aid for
defence and victims (€4,900,000), amounting to 85% of the total
budget increase. 405 The CBF underlined that the potential increases
for 2012 could be higher than those identified by the Court and
reach €130 million. 406 At the tenth session of the ASP in December
2011, the ASP will review the CBF recommendations and decide
whether to adopt them. The ASP also retains the power to make
further changes beyond the CBF recommendations. This section
reviews selected issues as proposed in the Court’s budget and
considered by the CBF in their report. Detailed recommendations
on the budget are contained in the Recommendations section of
this <strong>Report</strong>.
In 2012, the Court will have at least seven Situations under investigation, and at least
two ongoing trials 407 with the possibility of at least four further trials starting in 2012. 408
The Court’s proposed budget is based on the assumption that the Prosecutor will
conduct seven active investigations in six Situations and will maintain nine residual
investigations. 409 At least eight other potential situations will be monitored. 410 In
addition, the Court based its budget requests on the assumption that trial hearings
404 ICC-ASP/10/15-Annex IV, Advance version.
405 ICC-ASP/10/10, para 4.
406 ICC-ASP/10/15, Advance version, para 26.
407 The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, and The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo.
408 The Prosecutor v. Callixte Mbarushimana, The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and
Joshua Arap Sang, and The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed
Hussein Ali, subject to charges being confirmed, and The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and
Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, subject to translation issues being resolved.
409 ICC-ASP/10/10, para 14.
410 ICC-ASP/10/10, para 14.
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