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Structures & Institutional Development Structures
Victims represented by the OPCV per Situation 174 men women
Overall 175 [2,119] 176 63.5% 36.5%
CAR 177 48% of total victims [1,011] 58% 42%
Uganda 178 6% of total victims [117] 68% 32%
DRC 179 35% of total victims [748] 70% 30%
Sudan 180 1% of total victims [21] 86% 14%
Kenya 181 10% of total victims [222] 64% 36%
174 Figures as of 14 October 2011. Figures include both applicants and victims formally recognised by the Court. Email
communication with the Office of Public Counsel for Victims, 14 October 2011.
175 The total number of victims represented and assisted by the OPCV as of 14 October 2011 is 2,119. This figure represents 867 more
victims than in 2010. Of these, the majority of victims are in the CAR Situation (1,011). The majority of victims represented by the
OPCV are male (63.5%).In 2010 male victims comprised 62% of the total.
176 The total number of victims is reported in brackets.
177 Out of 1,011 victims represented and assisted by the OPCV in CAR, 58% are men and 42% women. This represents a 3% increase
in the number of female victims represented by the Office compared to 2010. The proportion of the number of victims from CAR
assisted by the OPCV relative to the overall number of victims assisted by the Office dramatically decreased in 2011 by 36%. In
2010, CAR victims were 84% of the overall number of victims being assisted by the OPCV. Now this figure is 48% of the victims
represented by the OPCV. Please note that the decrease in the number of victims assisted and represented by the OPCV in relation
to the Situation in CAR (from 1,051 in 2010 to 1,011 in 2011) is due to the appointment of different Legal Representatives for
some of the victim. Email communication with the Office of Public Counsel for Victims, 24 October 2011.
178 In Uganda, the OPCV is assisting 117 victims, one more than in 2010. Of these, 68% are men and 32% are women. This is the same
figure as in 2010. Ugandan victims constitute 6% of the total number of victims being assisted or represented by the Office, 3%
less than last year.
179 Out of 748 victims represented by the OPCV in DRC, 70% are men and 30% are women. In 2010, 63 victims were represented
by the OPCV in relation to the DRC Situation, of whom 44% (28) were women. The significant increase in the number of
victims assisted by the OPCV is largely due to the opening of the third DRC case, the Prosecutor v. Callixte Mbarushimana. DRC
constitutes 35% of the total number of victims represented or assisted by the OPCV, a 30% increase from 2010 when the figure
was 5% of the total (63 victims).
180 There are 21 Sudanese victims assisted by the OPCV, of whom 86% are male victims and 14% are female victims. These are the
same figures as in 2010. This year, Sudan constitutes 1% of the total number of victims assisted or represented by the OPCV, a 1%
decrease from last year.
181 There are 222 victims assisted by the OPCV in relation to the Situation in Kenya, of whom 64% are men and 36% are women. The
Kenya Situation accounts for 10% of the total number of victims assisted by the OPCV. Last year, the OPCV was assisting one male
victim in relation to the Situation in Kenya.
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