New York, 16 December 2012

The Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) has announced a voluntary contribution of 10 million Swedish crowns - approximately 1.1 million Euros - to the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court.

The announcement was made by the Swedish Government at the occasion of the 10th annual meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, which established both the Court and the Trust Fund.

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On 6 May 2011, Judge Daniel David Nsereko Ntanda, from the Appeals Division of the International Criminal Court (ICC), completed a two-day visit to Kampala, Uganda. During this visit, he addressed the legal community and civil society organisations on the relationship between the ICC and Africa and the possibilities for African legal professionals to join the ICC list of counsel and assistants to counsel authorized to practice before the Court.

Introduction

The Outreach Unit of the International Criminal Court (ICC) conducts activities to reach communities affected by alleged crimes in situations and cases brought before the Court.

The Outreach Unit's programmes aim to cultivate a level of awareness and understanding of the ICC's mandate and mode of operations, promote access to and understanding of judicial proceedings, and foster realistic expectations about the Court's work. This in turn will engender greater local community participation in Court proceedings

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Today, the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song presented the Court's sixth annual report to the United Nations General Assembly, highlighting some of the judicial developments of the past year including the issuance of its first warrant of arrest for the crime of genocide, the start of a second trial, and the voluntary appearance of three suspects before the Court.

In his address, Judge Song discussed the Review Conference of the Rome Statute held in Kampala, Uganda from

Thousands of children who have suffered and are still suffering crimes of an international nature during armed conflicts were honoured by their Ugandan peers during events organised by the ICC Outreach Unit in the district of Gulu, on 16 June, to commemorate the Day of the African Child, observed across Africa.

The commemorative acts included an outreach session and a one hour radio talk show. The outreach session was attended by 1,600 children, aged 13 to 19, from four secondary schools in the Gulu district namely, Awere Secondary School, Sacred Heart Secondary School,

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On 29 and 30 May 2010, the President of the ICC, Judge Sang-Hyun Song, paid a two-day visit to Gulu district in the Acholi sub-region (north Uganda) to interact with various groups of affected communities and listen to their views and concerns in relation to the mandate and operations of the Court.

In the course of his various meetings, the President responded to questions raised by the audience regarding the outstanding arrest warrants for members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), state cooperation and reparations for victims, as well as on the role of

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The Kampala Field Outreach Unit today joined over two hundred women from war-affected communities to celebrate International Women's Day. The meeting, which took place in the parish of Awal Wal, brought together women from the nearby Soroti district villages of Amoru, Takaramiam, Damasiko and Arubela in the Teso sub-region of north-eastern Uganda.

Among the issues discussed during the meeting were the mandate of the Court and the role of the ICC in relation to sexual and gender-based crimes. ICC Outreach Officials explained that

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Le Président de l'Assemblée des états Parties au Statut de Rome de la Cour pénale internationale, S.E. Monsieur Christian Wenaweser (Liechtenstein), s'est rendu en Ouganda du 24 au 27 janvier 2010 pour discuter des préparatifs de la Conférence de révision, qui doit se tenir du 31 mai au 11 juin à Kampala.

Lors de sa visite, le Président Wenaweser a rencontré S.E. Monsieur Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Président de l'Ouganda, S.E. Monsieur Frederick Ruhindi, Procureur général adjoint et Ministre d'état, S.E. H. Okello Oryem, Ministre d'état aux affaires étrangères,