ICC Trust Fund for Victims 2023-2025 ICC Trust Fund for Victims 2023-2025 The International Criminal Court (ICC) has the mandate to investigate and prosecute the most serious crimes of concern to the international community: the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression (referred to as Rome Statute crimes).

The ICC Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) was created by the Assembly of States Parties in 2004 in order to form, jointly with the ICC, the pillar of reparative justice of the Rome Statute - working to make reparative justice and the right to reparations for Rome Statute crimes a reality for victims and their families, thereby mitigating the impact of such harm and working towards peace and stability. 

The TFV's mandate includes both court-ordered reparations, linked to a conviction in a case before the ICC, and other broader reparative measures in relation to ICC's general jurisdiction in a situation country. The TFV programme is designed around the main strategic objective of "programmes lead to victims, their families and communities overcoming harm suffered as result of Rome Statute crimes". This reflects a victim-centered approach enabled by community participation, validation and a gender perspective.

The TFV portfolio is currently covering four court-ordered reparation programmes: Katanga (DRC), Lubanga (DRC), Ntaganda (DRC) and Al Mahdi (Mali), as well as seven ICC situation countries (Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, and Georgia). Internationella Brottmålsdomstolen (ICC) i Haag har mandat att utreda och lagföra de allvarligaste internationella brotten: folkmord, brott mot mänskligheten, krigsförbrytelser och aggressionsbrott (kallade brott enligt Romstadgan).

ICC Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) inrättades 2004 av statsparterna till ICC för att tillsammans med ICC bilda Romstadgans pelare för reparativ rättvisa – vilken arbetar för att reparativ rättvisa och rätten till skadestånd för brott enligt Romstadgan ska bli verklighet för offren och deras familjer, och därigenom mildra effekterna av sådana skador och arbeta för fred och stabilitet. 

TFV:s mandat omfattar både domstolsbeslutad ersättning, kopplad till en fällande dom i ett mål inför ICC, och andra bredare reparativa åtgärder i förhållande till ICC:s allmänna jurisdiktion i ett situationsland. TFV:s program är utformat kring det huvudsakliga strategiska målet att det "leder till att offren, deras familjer och samhällen övervinner skador som lidits till följd av brott enligt Romstadgan". Detta återspeglar ett tillvägagångssätt som sätter offren i centrum och som utgår från deras samhällsdeltagande, validering samt ett jämställdhetsperspektiv.

Portföljen omfattar för närvarande fyra domstolsbeslutade skadeståndsprogram: Katanga (DRK), Lubanga (DRK), Ntaganda (DRK) och Al Mahdi (Mali) samt sju ICC-länder (Uganda, Kenya, Demokratiska republiken Kongo, Centralafrikanska republiken, Elfenbenskusten, Mali och Georgien). The TFV Strategic Plan 2023-2025, is centered around the following main strategic goal: TFV programmes lead to victims, their families and communities overcoming harm suffered as result of Rome Statute crimes

This main strategic goal reflects the two-fold TFV mandate as well as a victim-centred and harm-based approach, which is enabled by community participation and validation, as well as by gender sensitive programming.

The TFV strategic plan then outlines four additional goals which together cover programme development and communication, outreach to victims, knowledge management, partnership development, capacity building and advocacy, resource development, financial and fund management, governance, internal organisation, and human resource development. They also address the importance of strategies related to coordinated action with the ICC and the relationship between the TFV and the ICC:

- TFV programmes are perceived as part of the ICC justice system

- The TFVs expertise in designing and implementing transformative reparations is well-known at the international and national levels

- The TFV has adequate funds to operate its mandated activities.

- The TFVs agile organisation allows for low cost and sustainable TFV programmes