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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 OCT 2024
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY EXISTS TO FURTHER THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES: THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF JOURNALISTS), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS; CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION; RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS; THE RELIEF OF CHARITABLE NEED (INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, AMONGST JOURNALISTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS) CAUSED BY FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF HIGH STANDARDS IN JOURNALISM, BASED ON ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF ACCURACY, INDEPENDENCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND PROFESSIONALISM, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS.