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What is Go Fund Justice?
The idea behind Go Fund Justice was initially conceived in a
Stanford Law School Policy Lab devoted to improving policy options
for preventing and responding to atrocities, when brainstorming ways
to better fund international and hybrid courts. Located in Silicon
Valley, we thought—why not crowd fund? So we decided to start our
own crowd-funding campaign, focused on the Trust Fund for Victims at
the International Criminal Court."
What is the Trust Fund for Victims?
The Trust Fund for Victims was set up by the same treaty that
established the International Criminal Court. The TFV works to
address the harms caused to victims of mass atrocities, or crimes
that would fall under the ICC's jurisdiction, by assisting victims
and their communities. The TFV provides physical, psychological and
material support for victims and their families and are in charge of
implementing reparations ordered by the court.
Why are you trying to fund the Trust Fund for Victims?
The TFV only exists through voluntary contributions, most of
which come from states. Unfortunately, the United States has given
no financial support to the Trust Fund for Victims. That is because
of a statute called the American Service Members Protection Act,
which forbids the United States government from directly funding the
International Criminal Court. This means that the United States
hasn't given any money to the Trust Fund for Victims either, even
though the work they do is separate from indictments and prosecutions.
We think that the important work the Trust Fund for Victims is
doing deserves to be supported. Although the American government
can't support the TFV, there's nothing to stop American citizens or
corporations from supporting them! We're starting a fundraising
campaign to make up for the lack of US government funding.
What's the difference between TFV funding for reparations
and assistance?
The Trust Fund for Victims has two roles: executing
reparations issued by the International Criminal Court and
providing assistance to victims and families in countries where
the ICC has open investigations and cases.
The ICC can order perpetrators who have been convicted to pay
reparations to individuals whom they have harmed. In some cases,
these perpetrators don't have the assets or money necessary to
fund these reparations—in those cases, the Trust Fund for Victims
may decide payments for reparations award, and next to this
implementing those awards. The first final order of reparations
was issued in March 2015 in the case of Thomas Lubanga, a warlord
from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The second mandate of the TFV is to provide more general
assistance to victims and their communities. This includes
physical, psychological and material support as well as job
training and education (more information can be found
here
). Currently, Go Fund Justice is only working to fund projects
under the TFV's assistance mandate.
How do I find out about everything the Trust Fund for
Victims is doing?
If you want to learn more about the TFV, you can check out
their official website
. You can also donate directly to them, without going through
Go Fund Justice at all!
As of yet, the Trust Fund for Victims is not registered in the
United States as a 501C.
