Rights and Accountability in Development Limited

THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS), AND ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BY CORPORATIONS, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:- MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- RAISING AWARENESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- INFORM AND ADVISE GOVERNMENTS, INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES ON MATTERS CONCERNING BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS; - EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND CORPORATIONS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;- INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY ON HUMAN RIGHTS;- PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;- CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;- PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG THE PUBLIC AND CORPORATIONS;- PROMOTING PUBLIC AND CORPORATE SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;- RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;- OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; AND- SEEKING TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO:- ENGAGE IN CAMPAIGNING AND EDUCATION TARGETED AT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS; AND - ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY TARGETED AT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS,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 CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.