Governing document MENA STATELESSNESS NETWORK (HAWIATI)

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CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Aug 2024

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE THE RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF STATELESS PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 3.2 BELOW) AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS TREATIES, IN PARTICULAR THOSE CONTAINED WITHIN: (I) THE 1966 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS; (II) THE 1966 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS; (III) THE 1954 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS; (IV) THE 1961 UNITED CONVENTION ON THE REDUCTION OF STATELESSNESS; (V) THE 1989 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD; (VI) THE 1979 CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN; (VII) THE 1965 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION; THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) BY MEANS OF ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: (A) MONITORING ABUSES OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (B) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE VIOLATIONS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (C) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF THE VIOLATIONS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (D) RESEARCH INTO ISSUES ANECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (E) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (F) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENTS AND OTHERS ON MATTERS CONCERNING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (G) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW ANECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (H) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION ANECTING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (I) RAISING AWARENESS OF ISSUES CONCERNING SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (J) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (K) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; (L) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY FOR SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS; (M) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE “STATELESS PERSONS” MEANS PERSONS WHO ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS A NATIONAL BY ANY STATE UNDER THE OPERATION OF ITS LAW (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE 1954 CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF STATELESS PERSONS), OR AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS ACCORDING TO THIS DEFINITION.


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