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TITLE I
FORM – NAME – LEGAL SEAT – AIM – DURATION
Article 1 – Legal form, Name
The association is an International Not-for-Profit Association under the Belgian Law on Not-For-Profit Associations, International Not-For-Profit Associations and Foundations of 27 June 1921, changed by the Law of 2 May 2002 and by its Royal Execution Decrees. It carries the name „The Association of Service Civil International“ or in short „Service Civil International“, or „SCI“. It has been recognised by Royal Decree on 21 January 1994.
Article 2 – Legal Seat
The legal seat of the association is situated in St-Jacobsmarkt 82, 2000 Antwerpen.
Article 3 –Aim
The aims of the association are to promote peace, international understanding and solidarity, social justice, sustainable development, and respect for the environment.
The association believes that all people are capable of living together with mutual respect and without recourse to any form of violence to solve conflicts.
The association can achieve its aim and belief in the following ways:
a) acting in a non-violent way as a catalyst for change within individuals and society,
b) supporting victims of violence, social, economic and political injustice, and those who suffer from hunger, disease or the destruction of their environment,
c) taking appropriate non-violent international action in situations of tension, war and injustice,
d) supporting actions which promotes international solidarity, justice, mutual understanding, participation in policy-making at all levels, and respect for individuals as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
e) promoting and organising voluntary service activities in co-operation with local communities as well as other local, national and international organisations, as a means of fostering greater confidence between people or different social, cultural, political or religious backgrounds by working, learning and living together,
f) developing people’s own initiative to organise themselves to solve their own problems,
g) not undertaking any work which competes with paid labour or causes strike-breaking,
h) understanding its work as an alternative to military service and contributes to the abolition of military service everywhere by establishing a non-violent international voluntary service.
This list is not limitative and must be interpreted in the broadest sense.
The association does not carry out industrial or trade businesses and does not aim to provide any material advantage for its members.
It can carry out any activity directly or indirectly related to its aim. It can cooperate and participate in any activity or association that corresponds with its aim.
It can own or buy all goods and property estates necessary for realising its aim and execute towards it all rights as proprietor or otherwise.
It can borrow money and sign credit contracts.
Article 4 –Duration
The association has an unlimited duration.
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