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Since 2006, the number of victims assisted and represented by the OPCV has increased
from 85 victims in 2006 to 2,119 in 2011. 163 Of the total number of victims assisted by
the OPCV as of October 2011, 83% are victims in relation to the CAR (1,011) and DRC (748)
Situations. 164 The majority of victims represented by the OPCV in 2010 were also from
CAR (1,051 or 84%).
During 2011, the number of victims represented in the DRC Situation significantly
increased from 63 in 2010 to 748 in 2011 largely due to the opening of a third DRC case
(The Prosecutor v. Callixte Mbarushimana). 165 The number of victims represented by
the OPCV in relation to the Situations in Darfur (21) and Uganda (117) did not change
or experienced very small changes when compared to 2010. 166 Finally, the number of
victims represented by the OPCV in the Kenya Situation increased from one victim in
2010 to 222 victims in October 2011.
Out of the 2,119 victims assisted by the OPCV, 774 are female (36.5%) and 1,345 are male
(63.5%). In 2010, female victims assisted by the OPCV were 479, comprising 38% of the
total. Male victims are the majority of those being assisted and represented by the OPCV
in every Situation in which the Office is assisting victims. The number of female victims
per Situation ranges from 14% of victims assisted by the OPCV in relation to the Situation
in Darfur to 42% in the CAR Situation. Female victims are 30% of the total number of
victims being assisted and represented by the OPCV in the DRC. In Uganda 32% and Kenya
36% of those represented and assisted by the Office are female. In 2010, 44% of the DRC
victims being assisted by the OPCV were women. In CAR this figure was 39%, in Uganda
32%, in Sudan 14% and in Kenya 0%. 167 These figures demonstrate an overall increase
in the actual number of victims and women victims being assisted and represented
by the OPCV, although there is a proportional decrease in the female statistics relative
to the overall number of victims assisted by the Office. This is largely explained by the
significant shift in the proportion of female victims assisted by the Office in the DRC
Situation from 44% in 2010 to 30% in 2011. The proportion of female and male victims in
Uganda and Sudan have remained the same, with significant increases in the number of
female victims assisted or represented by the OPCV in Kenya and CAR.
163 Figures as of 14 October 2011. Email communications with the Office of Public Counsel for Victims, 23 August
2011 and 14 October 2011.
164 Ibidem.
165 According to data provided by the OPCV via email communication on 23 August 2011, out of the total number
of 873 victims represented in the DRC Situation, 764 (87.5%) were in relation to The Prosecutor v. Callixte
Mbarushimana. Please note that the difference in the total number of victims represented in the DRC Situation
as of 23 August 2011 (873) and as of 14 October 2011 (748) is due to new Legal Representatives being selected
by the victims. Email communication with the Office of Public Counsel for Victims, 24 October 2011.
166 In 2010, the OPCV assisted and represented 21 victims in relation to the Darfur Situation and 116 victims in
relation to the Uganda Situation.
167 Please note that 2010 figures regarding Kenya are on one victim only (male). See <strong>Gender</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>Card</strong> on the
International Criminal Court 2010, p 32-35.
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