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2021-12-31-accounts

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

for

Rights for Peace (A company limited by guarantee)

Company registration number 11721585 Charity number 1192434

Rights for Peace

Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

Page
Charity and Company Information 1
Report of the Trustees 2 - 6
Chartered Accountant's report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Notes to the financial statements 10-13
The following pages do not form part of the financial statements:
Detailed income and expenditure account 14

Rights for Peace

Charity Information for the year ended 31 December 2021

Directors and Trustees Katerina Armour-Bown Mariana Goetz Robert Mills Dr Nieves Molina-Clemente Julia Werdigier

Secretary

Charity Number 1192434 Company Number 11721585 Registered Office Interim Spaces 41 Whitcomb Street London WC2H 7DT Accountants Arian Accountants Limited 19 Sundew Close Cardiff CF5 2SE

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Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2021

The trustees are pleased to present their annual directors' report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ending 31 December 2021, which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors' report and accounts for Companies Act purposes. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2013).

Objectives and activities

Objectives

Around the world we see minority groups being discriminated, demonised, dehumanised. Their rights eroded, paving the way to mass atrocities. This is not a new story. It is predictable. It is also preventable.

Rights for Peace was established in 2018 to prevent mass atrocity crimes in fragile states, in collaboration with local organisations. It provides targeted training, research and advocacy on countering the steps that lead to genocide, starting with countering hate speech and discrimination. The need for a new human rights organisation focusing on peace as the end game was clear, with coinciding calls from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for new approaches prioritising prevention .

Rights for Peace is a founding member of the UK Civil Society Atrocity Prevention Working Group (whose members adopt a ‘mass atrocity prevention lens’ in their work) and an active partner of GAAMAC (Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes). At the same time, Rights for Peace is deeply committed to bottom-up approaches, collaborating with and investing in the capacity and agency of community groups and local actors pursuing long term change.

Mission

Strategic Focus: Countering Identity Violence through training, research and advocacy.

Activities

1. Thematic Advocacy (influencing narratives)

Key Message: we need to counter the steps that lead to genocide

Our approach to countering identity violence includes countering the steps to genocide. Our Guide to Hate Violations in International Law , launched in January 2021, provides a legal analysis of human rights violations that are based on a hate or bias motivation, starting with incitement to discrimination, hatred or hostility through to the commission of the ultimate hate crime: genocide. The virtual launch event involved a panel of speakers chaired by Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, former President of the International Criminal Court.

We picked up this theme again at the UN Minority Rights Forum in October 2021, making both oral and written submissions, outlining how an identity lens to human rights reporting can contribute to countering the steps to genocide. We reiterated that “Genocide is a process, not an event. The Holocaust did not start with the gas chambers, it started with hate speech” (in the words of Sheri Rosenberg).

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Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

Key Message: the culture of tolerance around conflict related sexual violence (CRSV) must end

In collaboration with a range of partners from the South Sudan Transitional Justice Working Group and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), we undertook research, raised awareness through a Country Briefing on CRSV in South Sudan and organised a “Survivors’ Speak” event at UNDP in Juba, South Sudan. Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence from across the country as well as from refugee camps in Northern Uganda spoke out at the event attended by policy officials, UN staff and diplomats.

In order to prevent, it is necessary to acknowledge and condemn wrongdoing. Silence and tolerance can normalise wrongdoing, creating an emboldening environment.

The “Survivors Speak” event put the culture of intolerance and impunity on policy agendas. CRSV was previously denied by the government, being brushed off as “isolated incidents”. Our Country Briefing on CRSV in South Sudan, launched with the Global Survivors Fund at the UN General Assembly in September 2021, showed that CRSV is widespread and endemic, affecting thousands upon thousands of women, girls, men and boys. CRSV is a form of identity-based violence: it is committed because the victims belong to a certain group, perceived as ‘the enemy’. Women are singled out with particular hate as they represent the reproductive and social fabric of the group being targeted. Seeking recognition, accountability and measures to repair the harm through transitional justice processes contributes to prevention, not least because guarantees of non-recurrence can be requested by victims as a form of reparation.

As a result of Rights for Peace’ work, the concept of CRSV is talked about in South Sudan and survivors of CRSV are no longer invisible. Both are now frequently mentioned by policy makers and influencers, demonstrating how the issue has risen up the political agenda.

2. Country Projects

Countering Hate speech and Discrimination

The military takeover on 25 October 2021 has resulted in an increased vulnerability to conflict, superimposed on pre-existing identity-based violence in different parts of Sudan. Sudan’s history of genocide has seen repeat mass atrocities, with recent explosions of violence in West Darfur in January 2021, April 2021, and in West, Central and North Darfur in November 2021.

Building on the Network for Countering Identity Violence initiated by Rights for Peace remotely during the pandemic, we conducted further remote trainings and consultations on hate narratives and structural discrimination, leading to the publication of Discrimination and Hate Speech Fuel Violence in Sudan in March 2021. The Network includes community actors from Darfur (North, East and Central), Port Sudan, Kassala and Al-Gadarif, South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

The report Discrimination and Hate Speech Fuel Violence in Sudan identifies widespread hate speech, incitement to violence and even incitement to genocide. It provides a granular understanding of how divisive and hateful narratives continue to feed into patterns of violence, based on a history of discrimination and centre-periphery subordination. Coupled with ongoing instability, there are now overlapping risk factors. Hate speech statements can be traced back to divisions to colonialism and ‘Arabisation’ policies of the Al-Bashir regime, such as:

The work on training, monitoring and advocacy around hate speech in Sudan continued into a second phase that started in September 2021 (funded by a second KAICIID grant). The military coup of 25 October had a detrimental impact on the project timeline due to internet and phone outage in Sudan for

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Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

some 6 weeks. A scoping visit to Khartoum was able to take place before the coup, with follow up consultations, monitoring and research, gathering data about violence and post-coup narratives, undertaken remotely in last months of the year. Activities on the ground were able to recommence in 2022.

For the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Sudan, in March 2021 we made a submission in collaboration with TASAMI (Organization of Sudanese Solidarity for Elimination of Racial Discrimination), proposing concrete recommendations to the Government of Sudan in relation to AntiDiscrimination, Hate Speech & Freedom of Expression and Prevention of Mass Atrocities.

Countering Sexual Violence in Conflict Project

We commenced research on the scale and scope of conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan, including a scoping mission to prepare for field research and focus group discussions with survivors – this took place just before the coup in October 2021. Field research was still able to start in early 2022 despite daily pro-democracy protests and a sudden shrinking of civic space with brutal crackdowns against activists.

Youth Counter Identity Violence Project

In South Sudan we concluded our 2-year project with SSYPADO, supporting Youth Leaders to design and implement initiatives to counter identity-based violence with a final workshop in Juba in June 2021. The booklet of counter narratives Write for Peace , written by South Sudanese youth, was launched, and disseminated by the Dean of Studies at Juba University in June 2021. The report Learning from Youth as Peace Builders , presenting lessons on what worked, and how youth countered identity violence was published in October 2021. Outputs included:

Countering Sexual Violence in Conflict Project

In collaboration with Dialogue and Research Initiative (DRI), Centre for Inclusive Governance Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) and the Global Survivors Fund (GSF), we undertook training, research and advocacy on the status and opportunities for reparations for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) in 2021. Activities included:

We also made submissions to the UN Human Rights Council UPR on South Sudan with partners Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) and Dialogue and Research Institute (DRI) in relation to the epidemic proportions of sexual and gender-based violence in South Sudan, including CRSV (July 2021).

The conflict in Tigray and other parts of Ethiopia is based on deep divisions. Rights for Peace has started an initial scoping review of hate narratives in different parts of the country.

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Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

Financial review

Members of the management committee meet regularly to review the financial position of the charity. As a result of this information, they have confidence in realistically reviewing and adjusting budgets. During the year funding continued to increase with the support of the Global Survivors Fund Partnership and other partners.

It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted reserves held by the charity should be at least £5,000. At this level the trustees consider that they would be able to accommodate any fundamental funding changes as core costs are minimal.

As at the balance sheet date the charity's unrestricted reserves were slightly less than the policy target, at £4,694.

Structure, governance and management

The charity is constituted as both a company limited by guarantee and as a registered charity. The directors of the company serve also as the trustees of the charity. Reference and administrative details are shown in the company information page. The directors have the power to appoint additional trustees.

The charity also relies on a number of volunteers and supporters. Those involved in 2021 are:

Our Supporters

UKAid Direct, Lush Inc., KAICIID, Morgan Lewis LLP, Interim Spaces, Global Survivor’s Fund, Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation, University of Juba, UNDP South Sudan, Google Nonprofits, LSE ProBono Matters.

Collaborators and Volunteers Advisory Board
Najlaa Ahmed Sudan Legal Adviser Najlaa Ahmed
Abhaya Ganashree
Legal Intern		 Dr. Sejal Parmar
Temelso Getahun Ethiopia Researcher Dr. Lutz Oette
Mariana Goetz Director Prof. Clara Sandoval-Villalba
Noor Hag Projects
Anita Pant Communications Assistant
Cara Priestley Advocacy Officer
Amy Leigh Communications Assistant
Aneesha Lewis South Sudan Researcher
Mariama Sebally Finance Assistant
Heloisa Simao South Sudan Researcher
Andrew Walker Communications Assistant

Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The charity trustees (who are also the directors of Rights for Peace for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing a trustees' annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

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Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and the group and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

Approval by order of the board of trustees.

M Goetz Director

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Rights For Peace ("the Company")

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Rights For Peace for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also it's directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ("the 2006 Act").

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ("the 2011 Act"). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Andrea L Davies ACA Chartered Accountant

Arian Accountants Limited 19 Sundew Close Cardiff CF5 2SE

4 May 2022

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Rights for Peace

Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2021

Note
Income
Donations and legacies
3
Income from charitable activities:
Rights for Peace operations
4
Investment income
Total income
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities:
Rights for Peace operations
5
Total expenditure
Net (deficit)/ income and net movement in funds for the year
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Transfers between funds
Total funds carried forward		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
93,056
-		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
1,599
4,575
-
6,174
7,165
7,165
(991)
5,782
(97)
4,694		 2021
Total
£
1,599
97,631
-
99,230
104,971
104,971
(5,741)
19,384
-
13,643		 2020
Total
£
5,475
14,878
-
93,056 20,353
97,806 8,421
97,806 8,421
(4,750)
13,602
97		 11,932
7,452
-
8,949 19,384

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses in the year and therefore a statement of total recognised gains and losses has not been prepared.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 10 to 13 form part of these financial statements

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Rights for Peace

Balance Sheet As at 31 December 2021

Note
Current assets
Debtors & Prepayments
8
Cash at Bank and in hand
Current Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
9
Net current assets
Net assets
The funds of the charity:
Unrestricted income funds
10
Restricted income funds
11
Total charity funds		 £
£
200
14,193
14,393
(750)
13,643
13,643
£
4,694
8,949
13,643
2021		 £
£
6,206
13,703
19,909
(525)
19,384
19,384
£
5,782
13,602
19,384
2020		 £
£
6,206
13,703
19,909
(525)
19,384
19,384
£
5,782
13,602
19,384
2020
19,384
£
5,782
13,602
19,384

The directors consider that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an audit under the provisions of s.477 of the Companies Act 2006. Members have not required the company, under s.476 of the Companies Act 2006, to obtain an audit for the year ended 31 December 2021.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(a) ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 &387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the company as at 31 December 2021 and of its surplus or deficit for the year then ended in accordance with the requirements of ss.394 & 395, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act, relating to the financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

These financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to small companies were approved by the Trustees on 4 May 2022 and signed on it's behalf.

…………………….. M Goetz Director

The notes on pages 10 to 13 form part of these financial statements

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Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Rights for Peace meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

Income

(i) donations and similar income

Donations and similar income is recognised when received.

(ii) revenue grants

Revenue grants are recognised in the period in which the expenditure to which they relate is incurred.

(iii) capital grants

Capital grants are recognised as the corresponding expense is incurred.

(iv) other income

All other income is recognised in the period to which it relates.

Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates:

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Trustees for particular purposes.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor.

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Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

2 Legal status

Rights for Peace is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. Rights for Peace was registered as a charity by the Charity Commission in 2020 (Registration no. 1192434).

3 Donations and legacies

Donations and legacies
Donations Restricted
£
-
-		 Unrestricted
£
1,599		 2021
£
1,599		 2020
£
5,475
1,599 1,599 5,475

4 Income from charitable activities

Income from charitable activities
Sales income
Fundraising events
Consultancy fee income
Support from sponsors:
SSYPADO (DFID)
Dr Denis Mukwege Foundation
KAICIID
Global Survivors Fund		 Restricted
£
-
-
-
6,824
8,689
4,167
73,376
93,056		 Unrestricted
£
4,575
-		 2021
£
4,575
-		 2020
£
-
-
4,575
-
-
-
-		 4,575
6,824
8,689
4,167
73,376		 -
2,250
-
4,431
8,197
4,575 97,631 14,878

5 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

On charitable activities:
Purchases and other direct costs
Premises costs
General office expenses
On governance costs:
Accountancy fees
Other professional costs		 Restricted
£
94,795
1,360
1,136
97,291
480
35
97,806		 Unrestricted
£
5,880
-
112		 2021
£
100,675
1,360
1,248		 2020
£
6,371
440
1,085
5,992
950
223		 103,283
1,430
258		 7,896
525
-
7,165 104,971 8,421

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Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

6 Net income for the year

The net income for the year is stated after charging:

Accountancy fees 2021
£
1,430		 2020
£
525

7 Staffing and trustee remuneration

During the year the average number of employees was 0 (2020: 0). No employee received employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2020: Nil).

No remuneration was paid to any trustee during the year, nor any expenses reimbursed, apart from an amount of £21,669 in respect of a consultancy contract, and £722.70 in related expenses, between Ms M Goetz (trustee) and the charity. The relevant amounts for the 2020 year were £525 and £Nil respectively.

8 Debtors

Grants receivable
Other debtors and prepayments
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accruals
Unrestricted income funds
Balance at 1 January 2021
Income for the year
Expenditure for the year
Transfer to restricted funds
Balance at 31 December 2021		 2021
£
-
200
200
2021
£
750
750		 2020
£
3,550
2,656
6,206
2020
£
525
525
£
5,782
6,174
(7,165)
(97)
4,694

9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

10 Unrestricted income funds

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Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2021

11 Restricted income funds

Restricted income funds
Rent fund
Global Survivor's fund grant (South Sudan)
SSYPADO (DFID) fund
KAICIID grant
Dr Denis Mukwege Foundation
KAICIID 2 grant
Global Survivor's fund grant (Sudan)
Global Survivor's fund grant (CSiW)
Total funds		 Balance at
1 Jan 2021
£
726
8,197
2,250
2,429
-
-
-
-
13,602		 Income
in year
£
-
53,753
6,824
-
8,689
4,167
18,927
696
93,056		 Expenditure
Transfer from
in year
Unrestricted funds
£
£
-
-
(61,950)
-
(9,077)
3
(2,523)
94
(8,689)
-
(2,432)
-
(12,439)
-
(696)
-
(97,806)
97		 Balance at
31 Dec 2021
£
726
-
-
-
-
1,735
6,488
-
8,949

12 Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted income funds
Restricted income funds
Total funds		 Tangible
fixed assets
£
-
-
-		 Net current
assets
£
4,694
8,949
13,643		 Long term
liabilities
£
-
-
-		 Total
£
4,694
8,949
13,643

13 Coronavirus Pandemic & Other World Events

The pandemic continued to impact the charity's ability to continue with it's operations for part of the year. The unstable situation in Sudan also had an effect on planned activity.

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The following pages do not form part of the statutory financial statements which are subject to the independent examiner's report.

Rights for Peace

Detailed Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2021

Income
Donations and legacies:
Donations
From charitable activities:
Sales income
Fundraising events
Consultancy fee income
Sponsors and local authorities:
SSYPADO (DFID)
Dr Denis Mukwege Foundation
KAICIID
Global Survivors Fund
From investment activities
Bank interest received
Total income
Expenditure
On charitable activities:
Purchases and other direct costs
Direct activity costs
Consultancy fees
Travel costs - overseas
Volunteer travel costs
Translation & Interpretation costs
Fundraising costs
Premises costs
Rent and rates
Repairs and maintenance
General office expenses
Expensed equipment
Postage, printing and stationery
Subscriptions
Bank charges
Communications
Software costs
On governance costs:
Accountancy fees
Other professional fees
Net (deficit)/income for the year		 £
£
1,599
4,575
-
4,575
6,824
8,689
4,167
73,376
93,056
-
99,230
46,859
48,404
3,909
-
1,503
-
(100,675)
1,360
-
(1,360)
108
176
162
-
780
22
(1,248)
1,430
258
(1,688)
(5,741)
2021		 £
£
5,475
-
-
-
2,250
-
4,431
8,197
14,878
-
20,353
3,646
2,125
588
12
-
-
(6,371)
440
-
(440)
834
86
85
-
-
80
(1,085)
525
-
(525)
11,932
2020		 £
£
5,475
-
-
-
2,250
-
4,431
8,197
14,878
-
20,353
3,646
2,125
588
12
-
-
(6,371)
440
-
(440)
834
86
85
-
-
80
(1,085)
525
-
(525)
11,932
2020
46,859
48,404
3,909
-
1,503
-		 3,646
2,125
588
12
-
-
20,353
(6,371)
(440)
(1,085)
(525)
1,360
-		 440
-
108
176
162
-
780
22		 834
86
85
-
-
80
1,430
258		 525
-
11,932

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