The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Global Legal Action Network (Glan)

Registered charity 1167733 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Ireland, Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7
trustees on the board
3.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
5y
average years in governance
5 vs 1 portfolio
first-time trustees
3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 2Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3Professional services 3Health and social care 1

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Contact

Websitewww.glanlaw.org
Emailinfo@glanlaw.org
Phone07521203427
AddressC/O Garden Court Chambers, 9 Carmelite Street, London, EC4Y 0DR

Finances

£1,749,238 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£549,112£321,824
2022£995,881£1,051,751
2023£1,374,066£833,168
2024£1,083,692£1,264,158
2025£1,749,238£1,393,997

What it does

What

Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR) AND SUBSEQUENT CONVENTIONS, DECLARATIONS AND REGIONAL CODES OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH INCORPORATE THE RIGHTS CONTAINED IN THE UDHR AND THOSE SUBSEQUENT CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, AS WELL AS THROUGH CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THROUGH LITIGATION;2) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; 3) MONITORING AND REPORTING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;4) COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO THE MAINTENANCE AND OBSERVATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS;5) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS THROUGH PRIMARY AND/OR SECONDARY LEGISLATION;6) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STANDARDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW THROUGH LITIGATION, ADVOCACY, TRAINING AND INFORMATION SHARING AS REGARDS HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS;7) COMMENTING ON THE COMPLIANCE OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS;8) RAISING AWARENESS AMONG LAWYERS, MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY AS WELL AS CIVIL SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS AND OF THEIR ENFORCEMENT THROUGH DOMESTIC LAW AND; 9) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY REGARDING THE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH THE USE OF DOMESTIC LAW.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION REGISTERED ONAMENDED TO CIO FOUNDATION 12 JUL 2023

Trustees (7)

7trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

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