What Have UK Contributions To International Justice Helped To Achieve?

17 July is International Justice Day. It marks the day the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court, was adopted in 1998.

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For the calendar year 2013 the UK provided contributions of £7.5m to the International Criminal Court. The Court is currently dealing with 21 cases in 8 country situations.

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Voluntary contributions of £920,000 to the International component of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to help tackle the devastating legacy of the Khmer Rouge.

In August the Court will deliver the first verdict in the trial of the most senior surviving members of the regime.

Ligature used to bind victims hands in Srebrenica, unearthed during an exhumation in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: ICTY

Contributions of £4.9m to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

161 indictees have been apprehended by the ICTY and none remain at large.

Former Foreign Secretary William Hague and UNHCR Special Envoy at the Srebrenica memorial

Contributions of £3.5m to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and £1m to the Residual Mechanism.

The Residual Mechanism will secure the legacy of both ICTY and ICTR by carrying out essential functions such as sentence management.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor takes notes as he waits for the start of a hearing to deliver verdict in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012 Photo: UN Photo/SC

A voluntary contribution of £100,000 to the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone.

In November 2013, at the request of the court, Charles Taylor was transferred to a UK prison where he is now serving his sentence.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon

We made a voluntary contribution of £1m to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).

The STL is vital to securing rule of law and stability in Lebanon.

At the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence the then Foreign Secretary William Hague announced a further £1,000,000 contribution to the Trust Fund for Victims bringing the UK contribution for the year to £1.3m.

He said “This will enable the Fund to help survivors of some of the worst atrocities of the past two decades to rebuild their lives and their communities.”

FCO officials showing their support for the #JusticeMatters campaign.