Dr. Oonagh Breen:

At the moment we are excluding such organisations because they are not on the charitable purpose list. If human rights are included as a charitable purpose, the organisations still have to make the case that they are acting for public benefit. That is where the decision lies. We do not have any guidance from the CRA as to how that will be interpreted. Problems may arise in future but I imagine it would be preferable to address them by way of soft law, such as the guidance provided in the CC-9 document by the Charity Commission of England and Wales.