"You gave me back my life." — a participant, after several months of psychological support through the programme.

Background

The TFV filed the Regulation 50 Notification before Pre-Trial Chamber II regarding the Georgia programme. On 16 June 2022, the Pre-Trial Chamber informed the Board of Directors that the proposed activities did not appear, per se, to pre-determine any issue to be determined by the Court. Selected candidate organisations were notified in October 2022.

The TFV launched the rehabilitation programme for the situation in Georgia in April 2023, following extensive consultations with government authorities, civil society, victims, and affected communities, alongside a rigorous, open, and competitive call for proposals.

The TFV delivered the assistance programme in partnership with two local civil society organisations.

The overall aims of the projects correspond to TFV strategic goal No. 1:

❖ Victims and their families recover from the harm caused by war crimes, live in dignity, and contribute to reconciliation and peace-building within their communities.
❖ Both projects support the social inclusion and self-determination of victims of crimes and their families who have suffered physical, psychological, and material harm as a result of the 2008 conflict.

Who the programme is for

Victims living in villages along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) and in settlements for internally displaced persons across the regions of Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, and Mtskheta-Mtianeti, who were directly harmed in the 2008 war.

People the programme works with directly:

❖ People who were abducted and held in captivity by the Russian occupation forces;
❖ Children, young people, and families affected by ongoing detentions and threats along the ABL;
❖ Older people affected by the 2008 war.

People who benefit more widely:
Households, communities, and youth leaders take part in awareness-raising, training, and capacity-building activities.
 

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Funding

The TFV programme in Georgia has a budget of EUR 600,000 for the three-year implementation period (2023–2026), funded by ICC States Parties, including Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, and others.

The programme is designed and managed by the Secretariat of the TFV under the supervision of the Board of Directors, with a TFV Programme Manager for Georgia and field staff based in Tbilisi overseeing implementation.


Read more about the TFV Programme

  • TFV Mission to Georgia, March 2026 English
  • ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan concludes Georgia visit focused on cooperation, 23 October 2025 English French Georgian
  • Publication by “Consent” within the framework of the project “Ensuring Access to Effective Psychological and Medical Services for Victims of the 2008 Conflict in Shida Kartli,”  April 2025 Georgian
  • Video on the first-year programme funded by the Trust Fund for Victims at the ICC in Shida Kartli region of Georgia. May 2024 English
  • Event with Youth in Rural Areas, February 2024 English
  • Lithuania makes first voluntary contribution to the Trust Fund for Victims, in support of the assistance programme in Georgia, 17 January 2022 English
  • Trust Fund for Victims to Open Assistance Programme in Georgia, 6 April 2023 English French Georgian
  • Decision on the ‘Notification by the Board of Directors in accordance with regulation 50 (a) of the Regulations of the Trust Fund for Victims of its conclusion to undertake further specified activities in Georgia’, 16 June 2022 English
  • Trust Fund for Victims to Open Assistance Programme in Georgia, 1 December 2020 English French
  • Video message from the TFV on the Opening of an Assistance Programme in Georgia, 30 November 2020 Georgian 



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Last Update: July 2026

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