Governing document RESOURCE CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED POLICING
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Feb 2019
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) WITHIN POLICE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: - CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AND DISSEMINATING THE FINDINGS TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN RIGHTS; - PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND EXPERT ADVICE TO GOVERNMENTS, POLICE AGENCIES AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS; - FACILITATING DISCUSSION AND ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN POLICE AGENCIES, GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHERS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED POLICING; - PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; - PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS; - ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT IT OBJECTS.
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