The Civil Liberties Trust

3.1 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998, THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED KINGDOM LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS TO WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM IS PARTY) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(I) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;(II) MONITORING, INVESTIGATING AND DOCUMENTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;(III) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(IV) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES(V) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;(VI) PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, INCLUDING BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(VII) PROMOTING THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND ADVISING ON THE INSTITUTIONS, STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS BY WHICH HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IS ENFORCED;(VIII) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND POLICY;(IX) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(X) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHT(XI) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES;(XII) TRAINING THE JUDICIARY, LAWYERS, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, CAMPAIGNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE PUBLIC IN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;(XIII) PROVIDING FREE ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. 3.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE RIGHTS, LIBERTIES AND DUTIES OF ALL CITIZENS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS BY PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES OR OTHER SIMILAR FORMS OF COMMUNICATION OR BY CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH (AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH).3.4 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.