Impact Open Source Software Trust

The objects of the Trust are to advance the enjoyment of human rights and the realisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the relief of poverty, hunger and social inequalities, and the advancement of health, education and peaceful societies in New Zealand and abroad, by developing, maintaining, promoting and training in the use of suitable open source technologies (“Technologies”) that will: - improve States’ and Civil Society’s ability to implement, monitor, analyse and communicate States’ Human Rights obligations and measures, as well as the Sustainable Development Goal targets set out by the United Nations; - encourage transparency and accountability of States related to States’ Human Rights obligations and realisation of Sustainable Development Goals; and - encourage sharing of intellectual property and technological knowledge and expertise between States and Civil Society.