Global Witness - Breaking the links between natural resources, conflict and corruption
By leaving a gift in your will to Global Witness you are helping to ensure that we can continue our efforts to free future generations from the curse of resource-driven wars and corrupt regimes.
If the value of your estate exceeds the Inheritance Tax threshold you may also save your family additional tax payments in your will, because gifts and bequests to UK registered charities are free of inheritance tax.
You may find the following wording helpful when drafting your will:
To leave a gift in your will to Global Witness for a set sum:
"I give free of tax to Global Witness Trust (UK Registered Charity Number: 1071946) of 6th Floor, Buchanan House, 30 Holborn, London EC1N 2HS the sum of £_____ for the general purposes of Global Witness and I declare that the receipt of their Treasurer or other proper officer shall be a full and sufficient discharge"
To leave a gift in your will to Global Witness for a percentage of your estate:
"Subject to the payment of my debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, I give the whole/ ___% of my estate not otherwise disposed of by this my Will to Global Witness Trust (UK Registered Charity Number: 1071946) of 6th Floor, Buchanan House, 30 Holborn, London EC1N 2HS, for the general purposes of Global Witness and I declare that the receipt of their Treasurer or other proper officer shall be a full and sufficient discharge"
If you are considering leaving, or have already made provisions to leave, a gift in your will to Global Witness, it would very much help our planning if you are able to let us know. All information is treated in the strictest confidence.
If you would like to discuss leaving a gift in your will, please contact Jeanette Dear on +44 (0)20 7492 5820 or jdear@globalwitness.org.
Latest Publications
March 2010
DR Congo: ex-rebels take over mineral trade extortion racket
Former rebels from the Congrès national pour la défense du peuple (CNDP) have established mafia-style extortion rackets covering some of the most lucrative tin and tantalum mining areas in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Global Witness reported today following four weeks of research in the region.
Landmark oil and mining transparency initiative faces credibility test as key deadline passes
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a pioneering initiative to bring more openness to the world's oil and mining industries, faces a major credibility test after 20 out of 22 countries failed to meet a key deadline today.
Global Witness urges Cambodia’s donors to condemn sponsorship of military units by private businesses
Aid donors to Cambodia, including the US, EU, Japan, China and the World Bank, should send a strong message to the government that they will not countenance the bankrolling of Cambodia’s military by private businesses. This call follows the announcement last week by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen of the formation of 42 official partnerships between private businesses and Cambodian military units.
February 2010
A near miss? Lessons learnt from the allocation of mining licences in the Gola Forest Reserve in Sierra Leone
Between 2005 and 2007, two mining licences were issued in the Gola Forest Reserve in Sierra Leone, even though the area was a proposed national park. This new report identifies weaknesses in Sierra Leone's natural resource governance and attempts to draw lessons for the future.
Parliamentary committee report on libel, privacy and press freedom not strong enough to defend public interest reporting
A report on press standards, privacy and libel makes broadly sensible recommendations but does not go far enough to allay fears that England's laws are a barrier to public-interest campaigning.
Campaigners criticise proposals to define palm oil plantations as forests
The Ecosystems Climate Alliance today criticised the EU and Indonesia for attempting to reclassify palm oil plantations as forests, saying this would be a step backwards in efforts to halt climate change though preventing deforestation.
28 countries accused of facilitating money laundering … but key offenders missing
An international financial crime watchdog has named and shamed countries that are failing to stop dirty money entering the financial system, a move welcomed by Global Witness. However, conspicuously absent are major financial centres and secrecy jurisdictions, many of which also have serious weaknesses in their anti-money laundering regulations.
Metals in mobile phones financing brutal war in Congo
Metals found in everyday electronics items, such as mobile phones and computers, are being mined illegally in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and funding a conflict that has caused millions of deaths, said Global Witness on the opening day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
