To set a requirement on public institutions, public servants and officials and on those carrying<br>out functions on their behalf to act in the public interest and with candour and frankness; to<br>define the public law duty on them to assist courts, official inquiries and investigations; to<br>enable victims to enforce such duties; to create offences for the breach of certain duties; to<br>provide funding for victims and their relatives in certain proceedings before the courts and at<br>official inquiries and investigations; and for connected purposes.