THE PAT FINUCANE CENTRE LTD (A company Ilmited by guarantee) Report of the directors for the year ended 31 March 2023 The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended i l March 2023. The directors of THE PAT FINUCANE CENTRE LTD for the purposes of company law and who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page l. Our Aims and Objectives PLII oses and Aims The company is established to promote human rights and tile promotion of effective remedies following any breach of the UiiiversaI Declaration of Human Rights. for the benefit of the inhabitants OF Derry City and Strabane District Council Area, the environs of Northern Ireland and througl)out Ireland (hereinafter called "the area of benefit") without distin¢tiot] of age, gendei, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion by associating the statutoiy authorities. voluntary organisaÈions and inhabitants in a comnion effort to advance education with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitaiits and in particular to: a) promote education in human rights whether by teachin& producing materials or by conduction or commissioning research (and publishing the results of such research); b) raising public awareness and cultivating sentiment in favour of human rights by the use of publications, lectures, human rights awards. the media. public advocacy and other means of coii]munications" c) promoting the sound administrdtion of domestic human rights law by conducting or coiiimissioning research in domestic human rights and publishing the same to public- d) promoting the enforcement of domestic human rights law by the state and its insti￿tions. The Focus of our Work Tbe Recove of Livlyh emo Arcbive The inain focus of The PFC Ltd is the ROLMA. The ROLMA provides an advocacy, advice and support service to families. bereaved as a result of the conflict, who wish to engage witli statutory agencies to establish the facts surrouiiding the deathls of their loved onels. The seivice, which is fire of charge, is already available to families on a cross comniunity and cross border b&sis. The ROLMA engages with the Office of the Police Ombudsman in Northeni Ireland and other statutory bodies. If the Nl Executive agrees to a new overarching body to Co-ordinate all historic investigations the ROLMA would continue its advocacy, advice and support role in the context of any new Coi]]mission appointed by th¢ two govenllnents and any new unit appointed by the Cotnmission. The involvement of the Office of the Police Ombudstnan in Thistortc, investigations has led to a massive increase in our workload due to our long standiiig involvement in Vario￿ projects around truth recovery. The liaison between bereaved families and statutory agencies in historic cases r￿elY involves the legal profession &8 advocates for two reasons. many of the issues raised by families, perhaps twenty. thirty years after a death. are not strictly legal. and secondly. legal aid 15 not available. As a direct consequence there is a role for humaii righis NGOV in a process which is more akin to truth recoveiy in transitional justice than as an inte￿7] part of the Griininal justice system. Page 2 THE PAT FINUCANE CENTRE LTD (A company limited by guarantee) Report of the directors for the year ended 31 Mareh 2023 Tlie project aims to ensure that iiidividual families receive the maximum permissible disclosure of inforniation regarding the death/s of the relative/s frotn those statutory agencies, North and South of the border. tasked with investigatin histoi'ic conflict related fatallties. The proje¢t further aiins to ensuiE that families are suppoited and accoinpanied thi-oughout this process by staff who are skilled and experienced in liaising with the relevant statutory agencies and have developed analytical 'p￿alegal, skills in relation to otyicial reports. Implicit to the advocacy and support roles is an understanding that the process should provide for some level of comfort and solace for those involved. Furtherinore it is intended that this process will, at the very least nai'row tli¢ list of questioiis passed from generation to oeneration following a violent death. This in turn should lessen thé inipact of trans-generational trauni& A positive eiiga(veinent between bereaved families and statutory agencies will contrtbute in tivne to reconciliaiion at a societal level as individua hurts are addressed and acknowledged. The concept of acknowledgement and respect for those who have been directly affected by the conflict is t]ie foundation stone upon which the ROLMA has been built. The legacy of violent conflicl t]ie 105s ol over 3,600 lives. is also a legacy of anger, bitterness and, ultitnately, unanswered questions from victim5 and survivors. These unanswered questions. this act of knowledge. p￿cludeS acknowledgement. Without acknowledgeffleiit across the bO￿"d there can be no proper generational process of reconciliation. Each family that receive5 answers to questions that many have been afraid to ask until now can and should be regarded as a building block in a gradual process of healing. Every questioii that is answered in this generation 15 a qiiestiOTJ that will no longer be passed on to the next, perhaps never to be answered but which will continue to cause hurt and resentsnent within families aiid comniunities. Every question that is answered benefits society as a whole. This project seeks to tackle the problem of families betllg left to engage with statutory bodies in such a sensitive area without proper advocacy, 5UPPOrt and advice. Though excellent support iietworks have been set up to provide counselling and therapeutic support to victims none of these organisations intervene to out the 'paralegal' advocacy work currently undertakeii by The PFC Ltd. Financial Revieiv dl iiiidin Sources The principal funding sources ovei. Ilie relevant financidl year have been from VSS - Victims & Survivors Service, VSS Peace IV. DFA - Departrneiit of Foreign Affairs and doiiations. FLltui'e fLiiidin It is expected that Victitns and Survivors Service. VSS Peace Plus and Depwtment of Foreign AITairs will provide core funding for the forseeable future. Stnactlli'e, Governance and Management Goveriiii) Dociiiiieiit The organisation is a charitable company limited by .(Fuaranlee. incorporated on 7 July 2008 and reoisteiEd as a charity on 7 July 2008. The company was established under a Meinoi-andum of Association which established the objects and powers of the ¢lwitable company and ts uoverned by its Articles of Association. Pagt J THE PAT FINUCANE CENTRE LTD (A company limited by guarantee) Report of the directors for the year ended 31 March 2023 ReLI'Uitincnt and A ointinent of tlie Board of Directors The dir¢¢tors of the company are also charity trustees for the puiposes of charity law and undei" th¢ company's Articles are known as meinbers of the Board. Under tlie requiremeilts of the Mefftorandum and Articles of Association the members of the Board are elected to serve for a period of three years after which they must be re