Governing document DPI - DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS INSTITUTE
Charity number: 1037236
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Governing document
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/04/1994
AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/02/1996
AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06/12/2011
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/05/2012
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE: A) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN TURKEY, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (THE "REGION") REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOUR, SEX, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, POLITICAL PERSUASION OR OTHER BELIEF OR OPINION AND PEOPLE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE TIES TO THE REGION AND WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF CONTRAVENTIONS OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PEOPLE AND TO ASSIST THEM IN GAINING REDRESS FOR THEIR SUFFERING AND PROMOTING BETTER FUTURE PROTECTIONS; B) TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIES TO THE REGION AND WHO ARE IN NEED WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF CONTRAVENTIONS OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PEOPLE IN OBTAINING FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE; C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE SITUATION OF KURDISH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; D) TO PROCURE THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE AND OTHER CONTRAVENTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIES TO THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; D) TO PROCURE THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE AND OTHER CONTRAVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIES TO THE REGION BY ALL LAWFUL MEANS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PROVIDING INFORMATION AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO STATES OR GOVERNMENTS PROSECUTING TORTURERS AND THOSE WHO CONSPIRE WITH THEM. FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLAUSE 3 THE EXPRESSION "HUMAN RIGHTS" SHALL MEAN RIGHTS WHICH: A) MEMBER STATES ARE CALLED UPON TO PROMOTE AND SECURE UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS;AND B) CONTRACTING STATES ARE BOUND TO SECURE UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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