Human Rights Solidarity

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO IS:TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ("UDHR") AND EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (ECHR) AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, TO INCLUDE RULINGS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ECTHR) AND REGIONAL CODES OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH INCORPORATE THE RIGHTS CONTAINED IN THE UDHR AND ECHR AND THOSE SUBSEQUENT CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC 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/S AND OTHERS REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS THROUGH LAW;• CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW THROUGH LITIGATION, ADVOCACY, TRAINING AND INFORMATION SHARING AS REGARDS HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS; • 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;• PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF REPORTS AND ARTICLES IN RELATION TO INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CIO’S OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN ALL LEGITIMATE ACTIVITIES, POLITICAL OR OTHERWISE, PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF POLITICAL ACTIVITIES THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND SUCH POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ARE NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.