Governing document ISLAMIC HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TRUST
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DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1 APRIL 2003.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY (IN PARTICULAR GOOD RACE RELATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY :-
(I) SECURING THE ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND PRACTICE AND PROMOTING THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW BY MONITORING AND REPORTING BREACHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND FUNDING LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SEEKING REDRESS PROVIDED THAT THIS IS LIMITED TO CASES WHERE SUCH RIGHTS ARE THE RIGHTS OF THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE, SLAVERY AND FORCED LABOUR AND EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING (SUCH AS GENOCIDE) OR ARE OTHERWISE RIGHTS WHICH ARE ENSHRINED IN OR INCORPORATED INTO THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THOSE RIGHTS ARE BEING PROMOTED;
(II) RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED OR SUFFERING PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS;
(III) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD RACE RELATIONS AND CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD RACE RELATIONS;
(IV) ADVANCING EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND OBSERVANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INTO THAT SUBJECT AND DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH; AND
(V) ADVANCING EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS AND TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INTO THAT SUBJECT AND DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH
PROVIDED THAT THIS WORK DOES NOT EXTEND TO PROMOTING A POLITICAL PURPOSE (INCLUDING A CHANGE IN THE LAW OR GOVERNMENT POLICY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES).
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS OBJECT, "HUMAN RIGHTS" MEANS THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ADOPTED AS RESOLUTION 217 A (III) BY THE UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY ON 10 DECEMBER 1948 AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.
THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR, OR CARRYING OUT, ANY OR ALL OF THE OBJECTS LISTED ABOVE.
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