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Structures & Institutional Development Recommendations
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The TFV should ensure that intermediaries with whom they partner have sound gender policies
and strategies for addressing gender issues within their projects.
The Board and Secretariat of the Trust Fund for Victims must ensure that implementation
of Court orders for reparations are designed to integrate gender strategies, include women
victims/survivors as recipients and participants, and address often invisible issues of gender bias
amongst potential implementing partners.
The TFV Secretariat should establish as soon as possible the ad hoc expert Advisory Committee
on Reparations, approved by the Board of the TFV, 281 to specifically assist its work in designing the
framework and operational parameters for the reparations programme.
Implementation of the reparations programmes and future assistance projects should
be guided by the findings of the longitudinal evaluation carried out by the TFV in 2010. The
preliminary findings of this research identifies differences between the way female and male
victims/survivors relate to both justice and reparations issues. 282
The Secretariat should continue to monitor the situation in Kenya and proceed towards an
assessment of the Kenyan Situation in 2012, mindful of the relevant international and domestic
judicial processes.
The TFV should begin consideration of possible assessments of the situations in Libya and Côte
d’Ivoire, subject to the relevant judicial processes.
The ASP should approve the request by the Trust Fund for a Legal Adviser (P4), Financial Officer
(P3) and Field Programme Assistant for Kenya (G5). 283
Outreach
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In 2012, the Court should continue to develop strategies for outreach in all seven Situations
in which the ICC is now conducting investigations, with specific attention to women and girls
who may not have access to mass outreach events and need safe and alternative fora to discuss
gender issues including the impact of gender-based crimes. This year, women were 26% of the
total number of participants at interactive sessions. The momentum established by the Unit
in 2010 towards reaching more women should be continued and expanded. Activities solely
directed towards women should be included in outreach strategies from the beginning of
activities in new Situations.
In 2012, PIDS should invest in increasing the number of female participants in their activities
in Uganda and Sudan as these two Situations currently have the lowest percentage of women
participating in interactive sessions (7% and 17%, respectively).
281 The proposal was adopted by the Board at their Annual Meeting held 21-22 March 2011 in The Hague.
282 Learning from the TFV’s Second Mandate: From Implementing Rehabilitation to Assistance to Reparations, Programme Progress
<strong>Report</strong>, Fall 2010, p 11.
283 The Secretariat has a total of 12 staff posts, of which ten are filled. The vacancies include a GTA post for the CAR office (under
recruitment) and one GTA post for Kenya (not filled). The six professional posts are currently filled along with four of the six
general posts.
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