Charitable objects
To promote the sound administration of the law by:
(a) providing or assisting in the provision of legal advice and representation to people who have been charged with or accused of criminal acts and who are in need and who allege that there has been a failure to comply with the due process of law in the country concerned; and
(b) promoting and undertaking measures to monitor, reduce and eliminate failures to comply with the due process of law.
Due process of law means:
(a) The domestic law of the country concerned including international treaty obligations where those obligations give rise to justiciable rights recognised in that country; and
(b) Recognised or customary practices followed in the country concerned.
To promote education in and conduct research into the sound administration of the law making the useful results of such research available to the public.
To promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) and, in particular, the right to a fair trial, by all or any of the following means:
(a) Monitoring abuses of the right to a fair trial;
(b) Providing legal advice and assistance to people who have been charged with or accused of criminal acts;
(c) Obtaining redress for victims of violations of the right to a fair trial;
(d) Educating the public and conducting research in relation to the right to a fair trial;
(e) Providing technical advice to government and others on the right to a fair trial;
(f) Commenting on proposed legislation and intervening in litigation relating to fair trials;
(g) Promoting public support for the right to a fair trial and raising awareness of related issues; and
(h) Conducting international advocacy on fair trials.
