Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of potential merits of using the International Criminal Court's Trust Fund for Victims as a means of providing financial compensation to Ukrainian victims of international crimes within the terms of the Rome Statute of that court.

The United Kingdom has provided €4.5 million to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trust Fund for Victims since 2004, the most recent contribution being made in April 2022. The Fund implements Court-ordered reparations against a convicted person and provides physical, psychological and material support to victims and their families via its assistance programmes. The Fund's Board of Directors is appointed by the ICC's Assembly of State Parties and approves the allocations of assistance programmes.