Support through understanding

The sad fact, however, is that children have precisely one set of parents, and if the parents can provide emotional support, that is at least as valuable as economic support.

Home care can include both health care and social support services such as monitoring, assessment, co-ordination, nursing, homemaking, nutritional counselling and meal preparation, occupational and physical therapies, pain control, emotional support and self-care instruction.

54. Welcomes the EU's and individual Member States' financial and logistical support for the ICC thus far and recommends that current forms of support, either through the regular budget of the ICC funded by States Parties' contributions or through EU funding such as the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), are continued, especially in the following fields: outreach activities aimed at helping victims and affected communities; legal representation; witness relocation; the participation and protection of victims/witnesses, with special consideration for the needs of women and juvenile/child victims; the provision ...[+++] of support enabling the Court to cover urgent operational needs stemming from new investigations; calls on the EU and its Member States to support the Court's efforts to enhance its field presence, recognising the importance of the ICC field presence for promoting understanding and support for its mandate, as well as involving and assisting communities victimised by crimes falling under the Court's jurisdiction; expresses its concern that the lack of resources remains an impediment to the optimal functioning of the Court; ;

44. Reaffirms the need for the EU and its Member States to enhance their diplomatic efforts among non-parties to the Rome Statute and regional organisations (e.g. the AU, ASEAN, and the Arab League) to promote a better understanding of the mandate of the ICC, i.e. its pursuit of perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, including through the development of a special communication strategy on that issue, and to foster greater support for the Court and its mandate, in particular in UN fora such as the UN Security Council;