Front Line Defenders

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Overview

Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

Lobbying Costs

None declared

Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

4.5 Fte (8)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

9

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Front Line Defenders   (FLD)

    EU Transparency Register

    633748221618-41 First registered on 02 May 2016

    Goals / Remit

    Front Line Defenders was founded in Dublin in 2001 with the specific aim of protecting human rights defenders at risk (HRDs), people who work, non-violently, for any or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Human rights defenders at local and national levels are recognised to be essential actors in the struggle for human rights and enjoy the freedom and security to undertake their legitimate activities.

    FLD works to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and organisations around the world at risk for their peaceful and legitimate human rights work. As identified by human rights defenders themselves, FLD responds to protection and security needs by providing support through grants, capacity building, visibility, networking, and advocacy, at the international, regional and local levels.

    Main EU files targeted

    Annual Report on Human Rights (Council, EP)
    MFF - External Funding Instruments post 2020
    EU Guidelines on Human Rights (esp. on Human Rights Defenders)
    EU Global Strategy
    Urgent EP Resolutions on human rights
    Human Rights Defenders in debates in DROI, AFET, Cohom
    Human rights defenders in EU agreements and relations with third countries, human rights dialogues
    EU legislative initiative on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence

    Address

    Head Office
    First FloorAvoca Court
    Blackrock A94 R7W3
    IRELAND
    EU Office
    Square Marie - Louise 72
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    8

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%3
    50%1
    25%4

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    4.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Nov 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Alvaro Gomez del Valle 17 Sep 2024 07 Nov 2024
    Margot, Oksanne Jones 03 Sep 2024 07 Nov 2024
    Sofia Larriera Santurio 03 Sep 2024 07 Nov 2024
    Alvaro Gomez del Valle 03 Sep 2024 19 Sep 2024
    Ms Kerstin McCourt 29 Nov 2022 01 Sep 2023
    Ms Kertstin MCCOURT 29 Nov 2022 02 Dec 2022
    Ms Laurent ALDENHOFF 24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2023
    Alvaro GÓMEZ DEL VALLE 12 Nov 2022 11 Nov 2023
    Margot JONES 10 Nov 2022 10 Nov 2023
    Emma ACHILLI 15 May 2019 15 May 2020
    Camille GERVAIS 15 May 2019 15 May 2020
    Ms Hannah STOATE 16 Feb 2019 12 May 2019
    Emma ACHILLI 19 May 2018 15 May 2019
    Mr Omri PREISS 03 Jan 2018 15 Dec 2018
    Emma ACHILLI 09 Jun 2017 19 May 2018
    Mr Philipp Woschitz 09 Jun 2017 09 Jan 2018
    Mr Philipp Woschitz 18 May 2016 14 May 2017
    Emma ACHILLI 04 May 2016 03 May 2017

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Human Rights and Democracy Network http://www.hrdn.eu/
    Front Line Defenders has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/home
    Front Line Defenders is also a member of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/, ESCRNet – the International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights https://www.escr-net.org/, and the International Human Rights Funders Group https://www.ihrfg.org/, and is an Associate Member of Dóchas – The Irish Association of Non-Governmental Development Organisations http://www.dochas.ie/
    Lifeline - Embattled CSOs Assistance Fund
    Journalists in Distress Network
    https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/who-we-are.
    Front Line Defenders is a member of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism, protectdefenders.eu, and sits on its board: https://protectdefenders.eu/

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

    Total organisational budget in closed year

    10,946,628€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Donations, EU funding, Grants

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution SIDA 1,322,006€
    Grant EIDHR – Venezuela 30,000€
    Grant EU Protect Defenders Mechanism 821,247€
    Grant EIDHR Afghanistan 463,500€
    Grant EIDHR Bangladesh 51,511€
    Grant EU Emergency Fund 43,178€

    Other financial info

    The amounts of EU funding highlighted in point d) refer to EU funding registered as income by Front Line Defenders in most recent closed fiscal year (2023).

    FLD received more funding from the EU in 2023 but what is not recorded above was disbursed to partner organisations - mostly to those part of the ProtectDefenders.eu consortium that FLD coordinates - for delivery of activities in joint Actions.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None declared

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Unofficial groupings

    Communication activities

    Implementation of EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights (EEAS, EC, Member States)
    Implementation of EU Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders
    Annual Calls for proposals on Human Rights Defenders
    Dissemination and advocacy around our Annual Report, Dispatches and thematic/country reports

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    9 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

    • Date 06 Jul 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Defence of Democracy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
      • Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)
      • Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 Mar 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Defence of democracy package
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Values and Transparency
      Attending
      • Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 01 Dec 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject Speech at the 2nd GAP III Structured Dialogue with CSOs
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 31 Aug 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Exchange on EU support to human rights defenders
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles
      Portfolio High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission
      Attending
      • Fiona Knab-Lunny (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Jan 2022 Location video call
      Subject Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 09 Dec 2021 Location online
      Subject sustainable corporate governance initiative, CSRD
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 Sep 2021 Location videoconference
      Subject upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 21 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject meeting to urge for more attention to be paid to human rights defenders in the NDICI
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Mar 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Presentation of the situation of human rights defenders in the world and their role in development
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Irena Andrassy (Cabinet member)
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