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As of 31 July 2011, nine sexual and gender-based violence projects— eight in the DRC
and one in Uganda—are being supported by the earmarked funding. 105 The estimated
number of beneficiaries reached by earmarked SGBV projects in 2011 is 32,499 (28,143
in northern Uganda 106 and 4,356 in DRC 107 ). As in 2010, the majority of the beneficiaries
reached in northern Uganda are community peacebuilders (26,144), followed by victims
of SGBV (1,999). 108 These figures were respectively 17,732 and 1,670 in 2010. 109 In
the DRC, it is estimated that 725 beneficiaries belong to the category of community
peacebuilders while the majority of individuals directly benefiting from earmarked
SGBV projects are victims of SGBV (2,738), followed by children of SGBV victims (850) and
child mothers (43). 110 In 2010, earmarked projects in the DRC reached 725 community
peacebuilders, 2,158 victims/survivors of SGBV, 907 children of SGBV victims and 187
child mothers. 111
In addition to the funds received in response to the September 2008 appeal to assist
victims of sexual violence, in 2010, the Netherlands pledged USD57,000 for a project
focused on child soldiers and Germany pledged €155,000 to support a Legal Advisor to
assist with preparations for administering reparations. In 2011, Germany pledged an
additional €110,000 to support the Legal Advisor through to the end of the year. 112
A three-month Call for Expressions of Interest to support victims of sexual and genderbased
violence in CAR was launched on 6 May 2011. The final list of submissions will
be presented to the Board of Directors following the technical review by the Secretariat
of the Fund. Following the Board approval, a filing will be initiated with the Pre-Trial
Chamber for observations from all the parties to the Case and for final approval by the
Chamber. It is expected that activities in CAR will start at the beginning of 2012. 113
The goal of the Call for Expressions of Interest is to 'provide integrated rehabilitation
assistance to victim survivors of SGBV, their families and affected communities so that
they are able to move from victim-hood to stability as survivors.' 114
At the beginning of 2010, the TFV initiated a longitudinal evaluation of a sample of
2,585 victims benefitting from the Fund’s assistance throughout northern Uganda and
the DRC to improve the understanding of the impact that the TFV is having on affected
105 Reviewing Rehabilitation Assistance and Preparing for Delivering Reparations, Programme Progress <strong>Report</strong>,
Summer 2011, p 38-41.
106 Ibidem, p 7. Please note that this figure includes both new and old beneficiaries.
107 Email communication with the Secretariat of the Trust Fund for Victims, 21 October 2011.
108 Reviewing Rehabilitation Assistance and Preparing for Delivering Reparations, Programme Progress <strong>Report</strong>,
Summer 2011, p 7.
109 Ibidem.
110 Email communication with the Secretariat of the Trust Fund for Victims, 21 October 2011.
111 Reviewing Rehabilitation Assistance and Preparing for Delivering Reparations, Programme Progress <strong>Report</strong>,
Summer 2011, p 7.
112 Email communication with the Secretariat of the Trust Fund for Victims, 16 September 2011.
113 <strong>Report</strong> to the Assembly of States Parties on the activities and projects of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund
for Victims for the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, ICC-ASP/10/14, 1 August 2011, p 6 of the French version.
114 ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims Launches Expression of Interest Supporting Victim Survivors of Sexual and <strong>Gender</strong>-
Based Violence in the Central African Republic, Trust Fund for Victims Press Release, 6 May 2011, available at
, last consulted on 7
September 2011.
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