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<p>The UK is one of the major funders of the International Criminal Court (ICC) through
its Annual Budget and works to ensure that the Court has the resources it needs to
operate effectively and sustainably. We make every effort to assist the ICC and other
international investigations as appropriate, including leading international efforts
to build support for the work of the Court in Ukraine. On 20 March, the then Deputy
Prime Minister co-hosted with the Netherlands an International Justice Ministers'
Conference, generating over £4 million in voluntary contributions and new offers of
practical support for the Court and its independent investigation into the situation
in Ukraine. In addition to the UK's funding support of £10.5 million to the ICC's
Annual Budget, since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, we have made further contributions
totalling £2 million, which will increase the Court's capacity to collect evidence
and provide enhanced psychosocial support to witnesses and survivors across their
investigations globally. Additionally, the UK provides practical support including
witness protection, sentence enforcement and secondments of UK experts. This year
we provided additional funding to the Prosecutor's Trust Fund for Advanced Technology
and Specialized Capacity, the Trust Fund for Deployed Personnel and the Trust Fund
for Victims.</p>
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