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2022-12-31-accounts

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

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 2022

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

Rights for Peace

Charity Information for the year ended 31 December 2022

Directors and Trustees Katerina Armour-Brown Mariana Goetz Robert Mills Dr Nieves Molina-Clemente resigned 11 April 2023 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 2022

The trustees are pleased to present their annual directors' report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ending 31 December 2022, 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

Rights for Peace is a human rights organisation working to prevent mass atrocity crimes in fragile states, in collaboration with local organisations. Rights for Peace focuses on countering the steps that lead to genocide, starting with hate speech and discrimination. Our goals are achieved through training, research, and advocacy.

Rights for Peace is a founding member of the UK 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

Programme Areas

A. Countering Identity Violence

As we iterated at the Minority Rights forum in 2021: “Genocide is a process, not an event. The holocaust did not start with the gas chambers, it started with hate speech” (words of Sheri Rosenberg).

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 of the Guide involved a panel of speakers chaired by Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, former President of the International Criminal Court.

B. Victim’s Justice

In collaboration with a range of partners in Sudan and South Sudan we have been working with survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) to address cultures of tolerance and put impunity higher up on policy agendas, supporting transitional justice processes that can provide reparation for victims.

In South Sudan, the concept of CRSV was not known or talked about previously, and survivors of CRSV were invisible. Both are now frequently mentioned by policymakers and influencers and survivors have established their own national advocacy platform – the Survivors Network South Sudan (SUNSS). They have engaged with ministers and are influencing future laws about reparations.

Activities

International Advocacy

Renewal of the mandate of the UN Human Rights Commission South Sudan in Geneva

At the 49[th] Session of the Human Rights Council in March 2022, we launched the Study on the Status and Opportunities of Reparation for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in South Sudan. The international launch was timed to raise the profile of sexual violence crimes in South Sudan at the time of voting on the renewal of the

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Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

mandate of the UN Human Rights Commission for South Sudan (UNCHRSS) – which was successfully renewed for a further year.

Why a UK Mass Atrocity Prevention Strategy Matters

As part of the UK Mass Atrocity Prevention Network, we supported advocacy on a UK Budget to back mass atrocity prevention as well as other campaigns during the year, through joint media actions, blog posts and social media postings.

Joint Calls from Civil Society that the Universal Periodic Review of Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council should not Legitimize the Military Regime following the October 2021 coup. Rights for Peace joined over 50 organizations in a campaign to raise awareness of the military coup that ended the transition period that followed the hard-fought revolution in 2020.

Sudan

Countering Hate Speech and Discrimination

Building Support for Reparations for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

South Sudan

2022 was an action-packed year focused on supporting effective consultations on the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing (CTRH). The Government of South Sudan, through the Ministry of Justice, appointed a Technical Committee composed of 33 members from civil society, faith-based organisations, academia and government, responsible for leading public and stakeholder consultations on the CTRH. The Executive Director of our partner organization the Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) was appointed as one of the Technical Committee members and called upon Rights for Peace to support their work.

Technical Assistance

Rights for Peace supported the Technical Committee established to undertake public consultations on the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing, providing training sessions and sensitisation materials to

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Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

inform the public about the CTRH’s mandate, so as to ensure informed consultations. Amongst the activities, Rights for Peace supported:

Survivor-led Advocacy

At the same time, Rights for Peace supported survivors as well as their voices being heard before policymakers including government ministers, the UN Special Representative on the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, parliamentarians, UN agency staff as well as Foreign Embassy missions in Juba.

In December 2022, Rights for Peace and CIGPJ organized a parliamentary hearing with the Parliamentary Gender Committee that raised awareness of survivors’ experiences and their right to remedies and reparation, including the need for the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing (CTRH) to be established in accordance with Chapter V of the 2018 Peace Agreement. Members of the Survivors Network South Sudan (SUNSS) raised issues related to children born of CRSV. Members coming from refugee camps in Uganda raised the need for consultations to also extend to the large refugee populations along the border of Sudan.

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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 with the support of the Global Survivors Partnership and The Danish Institute for Human Rights.

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 £5,601.

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 2022 are:

Our Supporters

KAICIID, Danish Human Rights Institute, Matrix Causes Fund, Interim Spaces, Global Survivor ’ s Fund, UK Embassy South Sudan, Swiss Embassy South Sudan, Google Non-profits, LSE ProBono Matters.

Collaborators and Volunteers Collaborators and Volunteers Advisory Board
Najlaa Ahmed Sudan Legal Adviser Najlaa Ahmed
Temelso Getahun Ethiopia Researcher Dr. Sejal Parmar
Clara Giaminardi Communications Assistant Dr. Lutz Oette
Mariana Goetz Director Prof. Clara Sandoval-Villalba
Noor Hag Projects Assistant
Cara Priestley Advocacy Officer
Mariama Sebally Finance Assistant
Victoria Taban Modong Legal Associate
Michelle Willis Finance Officer

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:

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.

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Rights for Peace

Report of the Trustees (continued)

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 2022.

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

1 August 2023

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Rights for Peace

Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2022

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
£
-
162,589
-
Unrestricted
Funds
£
1,409
3,702
-
5,111
4,896
4,896
215
4,694
692
5,601
2022
Total
£
1,409
166,291
-
167,700
172,408
172,408
(4,708)
13,643
-
8,935
2021
Total
£
1,599
97,631
-
162,589 99,230
167,512 104,971
167,512 104,971
(4,923)
8,949
(692)
(5,741)
19,384
-
3,334 13,643

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 2022

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
£
£
19,469
841
20,310
(11,375)
8,935
8,935
£
5,601
3,334
8,935
2022
£
£
200
14,193
14,393
(750)
13,643
13,643
£
4,694
8,949
13,643
2021
£
£
200
14,193
14,393
(750)
13,643
13,643
£
4,694
8,949
13,643
2021
13,643
£
4,694
8,949
13,643

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 2022.

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 2022 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 1 August 2023 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 2022

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 2022

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
£
1,409
2022
£
1,409
2021
£
1,599
1,409 1,409 1,599

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
Danish Institute for Human Rights
Matrix Causes Fund
Restricted
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
147,074
12,515
3,000
162,589
Unrestricted
£
736
-
2022
£
736
-
2021
£
4,575
-
736
-
-
-
2,966
-
-
736
-
-
-
150,040
12,515
3,000
4,575
6,824
8,689
4,167
73,376
-
-
3,702 166,291 97,631

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
£
163,213
2,400
1,899
167,512
-
-
167,512
Unrestricted
£
3,508
-
400
2022
£
166,721
2,400
2,299
2021
£
100,675
1,360
1,248
3,908
975
13
171,420
975
13
103,283
1,430
258
4,896 172,408 104,971

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Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2022

6 Net income for the year

The net income for the year is stated after charging:

Accountancy fees 2022
£
975
2021
£
1,430

7 Staffing and trustee remuneration

During the year the average number of employees was 0 (2021: 0). No employee received employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2021: Nil).

No remuneration was paid to any trustee during the year, nor any expenses reimbursed, apart from an amount of £22,100 in respect of a consultancy contract, and £1,525.31 in related expenses, between Ms M Goetz (trustee) and the charity. The relevant amounts for the 2021 year were £21,669 and £722.70 respectively.

8 Debtors

Grants receivable
Other debtors and prepayments
2022
£
19,469
-
19,469
2021
£
-
200
200

9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Accruals
Unrestricted income funds
Balance at 1 January 2022
Income for the year
Expenditure for the year
Transfer to/from restricted funds
Balance at 31 December 2022
2022
£
11,375
11,375
2021
£
750
750
£
4,694
5,111
(4,896)
692
5,601

10 Unrestricted income funds

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Rights for Peace

Notes to the financial statements (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2022

11 Restricted income funds

Restricted income funds
Rent fund
Global Survivor's fund grant (South Sudan)
Matrix Causes Fund
Danish Institute for Human Rights
KAICIID 2 grant
Global Survivor's fund grant (Sudan)
Total funds
Balance at
1 Jan 2022
£
726
-
-
-
1,735
6,488
8,949
Income
in year
£
-
106,268
3,000
12,515
-
40,806
162,589
Expenditure
Transfer to/from
in year
Unrestricted funds
£
£
-
(726)
(106,268)
-
(1,640)
-
(10,541)
-
(1,769)
34
(47,294)
-
(167,512)
(692)
Balance at
31 Dec 2022
£
-
-
1,360
1,974
-
-
3,334

12 Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted income funds
Restricted income funds
Total funds
Tangible
fixed assets
£
-
-
-
Net current
assets
£
5,601
3,334
8,935
Long term
liabilities
£
-
-
-
Total
£
5,601
3,334
8,935

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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 2022

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
Danish Institute for Human Rights
Matrix Causes 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
£
£
1,409
736
-
736
-
-
-
150,040
12,515
3,000
165,555
-
167,700
79,233
75,391
6,265
80
5,580
172
(166,721)
2,400
-
(2,400)
177
778
576
732
36
-
(2,299)
975
13
(988)
(4,708)
2022
£
£
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
£
£
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
79,233
75,391
6,265
80
5,580
172
46,859
48,404
3,909
-
1,503
-
99,230
(100,675)
(1,360)
(1,248)
(1,688)
2,400
-
1,360
-
177
778
576
732
36
-
108
176
162
-
780
22
975
13
1,430
258
(5,741)

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