Governing document The Lindisfarne Centre for the Study of Christian Persecution
Charity number: 1204527
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CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Aug 2023 as amended on 16 Nov 2023
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:
4.1 TO PROMOTE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS (IN PARTICULAR, THOSE RELATING TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH) EXEMPLIFIED IN:
• THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 1948
• THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, 1966
• THE UN DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE OR DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF, 1981)
OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:
• MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS
• OBTAINING REDRESS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
• RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
• EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS
• RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
• PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
• PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS
• INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE PURPOSES THE CIO WILL ANALYSE, RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AS IT RELATES TO THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AROUND THE WORLD.
IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CIO CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.
4.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SUPPORTING CHRISTIANS IN THE PRACTICE OF THEIR FAITH BY UNDERTAKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH.
