From the CADFA constitution as amended November 2013
The Charity’s object is to promote human rights (as set out in the International Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) and respect for international humanitarian law in Palestine by all or any of the following means:
- raising awareness of human rights and humanitarian issues relevant to the Israeli—Palestinian conflict in general and to the situation of Abu Dis in particular;
- researching and monitoring abuses of human rights and infringements of humanitarian law in Abu Dis in particular and Palestine more widely;
educating the public about human rights and humanitarian law; - promoting public support for human rights and the observance of humanitarian law;
- working to eliminate abuses of human rights and infringements of humanitarian law in Abu Dis in particular and Palestine more widely;
- working to obtain and promote redress for the victims of human rights abuses and infringements of humanitarian law and their families in Abu Dis in particular and Palestine more widely;
- providing support to and relieving need among the victims of human rights abuses and infringements of humanitarian law and their families, in Abu Dis in particular and Palestine more widely.