Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established. It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/10/2003
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/01/2005
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/12/2015
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 MAY 2016 as amended on 07 Mar 2019 as amended on 19 Jul 2022
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS (AS DEFINED IN THIS CLAUSE) OF WOMEN AND IN PARTICULAR:
1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO THE MAINTENANCE AND OBSERVANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY AS RELATES TO WOMEN, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;
2. TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY AS RELATES TO WOMEN, BY DISSEMINATING MATERIALS REGARDING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE VIOLATION OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS;
3. TO PROCURE, THROUGH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY, THE ABOLITION OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN;
4. TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO NEEDY VICTIMS OF BREACHES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY WOMEN;
"DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS" MEANS THOSE HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH:
(1) CONSTITUTE FREEDOM FROM GENOCIDE, SLAVERY OR THE SLAVE TRADE, UNLAWFUL FORCED LABOUR, EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OR TORTURE; OR
(2) ARE ENSHRINED OR INCORPORATED INTO THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS SOUGHT TO PROMOTE THOSE RIGHTS; OR
(3) DEFINED IN ANY INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON HUMAN RIGHTS (INCLUDING THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF 1950, AND ANY SUCH DECLARATION RESOLUTION OR CONVENTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS OR ANY OF ITS ORGANS OR AGENCIES OR ANY TREATY OR INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY ANY MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER ARTICLE 102(1) OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER, INCLUDING IN ALL CASES ANY SUPPORTING DOCUMENT AND ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT AND INCLUDING THOSE RULES AND LAWS WHICH FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY AND WHICH MAY BE DESCRIBED AS "INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW" WHICH CAN BE ENFORCED IN RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL).
"INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS" MEANS ANY RIGHTS SECURED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW, WHICH DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS.
Area of benefit
The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.
