Governing document MEDIA LEGAL DEFENCE INITIATIVE
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/06/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/03/2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/11/2012 as amended on 09 Aug 2023
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND LAWS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROTECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: 1 MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS 2 OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE 3 RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE 4 RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES 5 PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS 6 CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 7 COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION 8 RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES 9 PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 10 PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS 11 ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 12 ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO EDUCATION IN JOURNALISM, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE LAW
Area of benefit
UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.
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