ACTIVITIES

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NEW STATUTE OF THE PAUL ROUGEAU COMMITTEE

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Following several organizational problems that occurred in 2024, it became necessary to scale back the activities and purposes of the Committee. Therefore, the Board of Directors, meeting in an extraordinary video conference, resolved to modify the Statute that had been drawn up when the Committee was founded.

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The new Statute is therefore as follows:

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Article 1

The name of the association "Paul Rougeau Committee / Ellis (one) Unit" is maintained.

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Article 2

The purpose of the Association is to raise public awareness in the context of the capital punishment abolitionist movement throughout the world and particularly in the United States, in the belief that the death penalty is an unjust, degrading punishment, a violent response that has never proven to be a valid deterrent against crime.

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Article 3

In order to achieve its goals, the Association aims to:

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a) Be a tool for information, awareness and intervention on the issue of the death penalty and its application in the world and in the USA in particular, by editing a Link Sheet containing various articles on the issue of the death penalty on a monthly basis, sending it by email to a large number of readers and inserting it into a website open to all;

b) Maintain the management of a Facebook page "Friends and Supporters of the Paul Rougeau Committee";

c) Maintain relationships with those national and international organizations that operate in the social field - with particular regard to those that work for the respect of human rights and for the abolition of the death penalty in the world - supporting their initiatives and offering its contribution and experience by participating in any conferences/debates/performances.

d) Accept, where possible, the invitation of schools, parishes, various organizations to come to hold conferences and debates on the death penalty.

 

 

Article 4

The Association is independent of governments, political parties, religious denominations, churches, and carries out its activities regardless of any of their own tendencies.

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Article 5

The economic management of the Committee is permanently interrupted.

This means that the existing common fund of the Association is made up of the balance of the previous account in the name of the Committee and will be used to maintain the website and the Committee's membership in the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty over the years.

No further fees will be paid by members and no funds will be raised for any type of campaign.

No transfers or cash donations will be made to convicted criminals or other associations.

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Approved by the members of the Board of Directors, meeting via videoconference on November 8, 2024