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Structures & Institutional Development Structures
Overview of Trends CONTINUED
Field Offices
The ICC has field offices in four out of the
seven Situations currently under investigation
by the ICC (CAR, DRC, 197 Chad [for Darfur] and
Uganda) as well as a Registry task-force in Kenya.
During 2011, the Field Operations Section
conducted a review of the Court’s field presence
based on ‘… judicial developments in the six
situations before the Court, and on the need to
make adequate provision for the operational
needs of the various clients in the field.’ 198
As a result of this review and the budget
assumptions for 2012, 199 the Court intends to
close both its field offices in Chad by December
2011 thus ceasing the Court's field presence
for Darfur. 200 During 2012, the field presence
in Uganda will also be scaled down, with an
anticipated decrease of 62.5% in the presence
197 Please note that the ICC in the DRC has a field presence in
both Kinshasa and Bunia. The Court refers to the presence
in Kinshasa as ‘field office’ and to the presence in Bunia as
‘forward field presence’. Proposed Programme Budget for
2012 of the International Criminal Court, ICC-ASP/10/10,
21 July 2011, p 73.
198 Ibidem.
199 The budget assumptions for 2012 as listed in the
Proposed Budget for 2012 are the following: Use of one
courtroom team as, although a number of cases will
proceed simultaneously during 2012, trial-hearings will
be scheduled consecutively; Seven investigations in six
situation countries to be conducted by the Office of the
Prosecutor, nine residual investigations and monitoring of
eight other potential situations; Reduced number of five
field presences for the Registry; and Seven defence teams
and twelve victim’s representative teams to receive legal
aid during 2012. Proposed Programme Budget for 2012 of
the International Criminal Court, ICC-ASP/10/10, p 2-3,
paras 12-16.
200 The Abéché field office was closed in July 2011 and the
N'Djamena field office will be closed by December 2011.
of Registry staff in Kampala. 201 According to the
field presence organigramme for 2011-2012,
all of the Registry professional posts (P2 and
P3 levels) will be redeployed and the Registry
sections will be represented by general service
staff only. From April 2012, the Victims and
Witnesses Unit (VWU) will no longer have a
presence in Uganda. The Public Information and
Documentation Section (PIDS) is withdrawing
the P2 Field Outreach Coordinator and will
maintain one G5 Field Outreach Assistant
instead of three. 202 In the DRC, the Registry staff
presence will increase by 10.5% in Kinshasa and
by 7% in Bunia, while the OTP and TFV presence
will remain at the same levels. 203 There are
no changes planned for the field office in CAR
(Bangui). 204 Finally, a limited Registry task-force
will be retained for Kenya. 205
According to the Proposed Programme Budget
2012, the Field Operations Section posts will
be redeployed from the two Chad field offices
and from the Kampala field office to other duty
stations. 206
The scaling down of the Kampala field
presence and the closing down of the N’Djamena
office are likely to have an impact on the affected
communities in both Uganda and Darfur.
201 Please note that, during 2012, the Office of the Prosecutor
will also have a 50% increase in its Kampala-based
staff. The Secretariat of the Trust Fund for Victims will
maintain the same level of presence in the Kampala office
as in 2011. Proposed Programme Budget for 2012 of the
International Criminal Court, ICC-ASP/10/10, 21 July 2011,
p 74.
202 Field Staffing Organigramme 2011-2012.
203 Proposed Programme Budget for 2012 of the International
Criminal Court, ICC-ASP/10/10, 21 July 2011, p 74.
204 Ibidem.
205 Ibidem.
206 Ibidem, p 75.
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