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Judiciary – Key Decisions Victim Participation
There has been a noted change in the relative
percentages of victim participants accepted in
each of the Situations before the Court. During
the period of time covered by the <strong>Gender</strong> <strong>Report</strong>
<strong>Card</strong> 2010, the DRC Situation and associated
cases accounted for the overwhelming
majority (almost 70%) of victims accepted to
participate before the Court. 1695 Due to the
substantial increase in the number of victim
participants in the CAR Situation in the last
year, specifically in the Bemba case, the DRC
Situation and associated cases now represent
a little over one quarter of the total number
of victim participants, 1696 while the Bemba
case (and by extension the CAR Situation) now
accounts for just over half of the total number of
participating victims before the Court. 1697 There
has been no increase in the number of victim
participants accepted in the Uganda Situation
or the case against Joseph Kony, although the
total number of participating victims before
the Court has risen substantially. As a result,
the Uganda Situation now accounts for a little
under 2% of the victim participants, down
from 6% last year. 1698 Although there has been
only a negligible increase in the number of
victim participants in the Darfur Situation and
associated cases, it represents a significantly
smaller percentage of the total number of
participating victims, down from 12% last year to
less than 4% this year. 1699 No victim participants
had been accepted in the Kenya Situation or
cases during the period covered by the <strong>Gender</strong>
<strong>Report</strong> <strong>Card</strong> 2010, but it now accounts for over
17% of the total number of participating victims,
the third highest percentage by Situation behind
the DRC and the CAR. 1700
1695 See further <strong>Gender</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>Card</strong> 2010, p 189. As of 30
August 2010, 661 of the 974 accepted applications
to participate (67.86%) related to the Situation in the
DRC and the three cases then arising from it. As of 30
September 2009, the DRC Situation and cases accounted
for almost 85% of victim participation (644 of 771 victim
participants or 83.5%).
1696 According to figures provided by the VPRS, 823 (or
25.86%) of the 3,182 victims granted the right to
participate are participating in proceedings relating to
the DRC situation and cases.
1697 According to figures provided by the VPRS, 1,619 of
the 3,182 victims granted the right to participate are
participating in the CAR Situation and cases. Although
no victim participants have been accepted in the
CAR Situation itself, victim participants in the Bemba
case alone account for 50.87% of the total number of
participating victims before the Court. As of 30 August
2010, the CAR Situation and cases amounted to less than
14% of the total number of participating victims (135 of
975 in total).
1698 The VPRS email indicates that a total of 62 applicants
have been accepted to participate in the Uganda
Situation and the Kony et al case since 2005. This
amounts to 1.95% of the 3,182 accepted victim
participants.
1699 The VPRS email indicates that 116 or 3.71% of the 3,182
victim participants relate to the Darfur Situation and
the three cases associated with it. The 87 victims who
had been granted victim participant status in the Abu
Garda case have not been included in these figures.
1700 According to figures provided by the VPRS, the Kenya
Situation and cases represent 560 of the 3,182
participating victims at the Court, which amounts to
17.6% of the total.
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