Overview
Lobbying Costs
293,245€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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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.
The mission of Front Line Defenders is to protect, defend, support, and act for and with human rights defenders whose lives and health are at risk because of their peaceful and legitimate activities.
In providing protection and support to human rights defenders, Front Line Defenders and its staff are committed to:
focusing on the primacy and centrality of defenders;
demonstrating profound respect and empathy for defenders;
meeting the needs expressed by defenders in a fast, flexible and relentless manner;
achieving tangible impact;
acting with independence, impartiality and integrity;
performing with dedication, professionalism and accountability;
showing transparency and openness; and
developing participative and cooperative relations.
Front Line Defenders addresses the protection needs identified by HRDs themselves.
Front Line Defenders provides rapid and practical support to human rights defenders at risk through:
international advocacy on behalf of human rights defenders at risk, including emergency support for those in immediate danger;
grants to pay for the practical security needs of human rights defenders;
trainings and resource materials on security and protection, including digital security;
rest, respite and other opportunities for human rights defenders dealing with extreme stress;
opportunities for networking and exchange between human rights defenders, including at the biennial Dublin Platform;
the annual Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk;
an emergency 24-hour phone line for human rights defenders operating in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
In emergency situations Front Line Defenders can facilitate temporary relocation of human rights defenders.
Front Line Defenders promotes strengthened international and regional measures to protect human rights defenders through support for the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders. Support for the office of the Special Rapporteur is also made through the Frank Jennings Internship Programme. Front Line Defenders promotes respect for the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.Main EU files targeted
Annual Report on Human Rights (Council, EP)
Mid-term review of the Financial Instruments for External Relations (EC)
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 dialoguesAddress
Head Office
Second Floor
Grattan House
Blackrock A94 FA39
IRELANDEU Office
Square Marie-Louise 72
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 12 Apr 2018
Name Start date End Date 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 Ms Margot JONES 10 Nov 2022 10 Nov 2023 Ms Emma Achilli 15 May 2019 15 May 2020 Ms Camille GERVAIS 15 May 2019 15 May 2020 Ms Hannah STOATE 16 Feb 2019 12 May 2019 Ms Emma Achilli 19 May 2018 15 May 2019 Mr Omri PREISS 03 Jan 2018 15 Dec 2018 Ms 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 Ms Emma Achilli 04 May 2016 03 May 2017 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Emma Achilli (Head of EU Office)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Andrew Anderson (Executive Director)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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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.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
293,245€
EU grant income for closed financial year
694,784 € (Source: EIDHR - Devco)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
LGBTI Intergroup
Children's rights
Anti-Racism and Diversity
Freedom of religion and belief and religious tolerance
Integrity - Transparency, anti- corruption and organised crime
Trade UnionsCommunication activities
Implementation of EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights (EEAS, EC, Member States)
Implementation of EU Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders (EIDHR)
Annual Calls for proposals on Human Rights Defenders (EIDHR)
Dissemination and advocacy around our Annual Report, Dispatches and thematic/country reportsOther 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.
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Date 06 Jul 2023 Location Brussels Subject Defence of Democracy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
- Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Youth Forum
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Civil Society Europe
- The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- European Foundation Centre
- European Movement International
- European Civic Forum
- European Partnership for Democracy
- Foundation on European Citizens’ Rights, Involvement and Trust
- European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting
- European Endowment for Democracy
- Democracy International e.V.
- The Innovation in Politics Institute GmbH
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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 - Open Society European Policy Institute
- Association Européenne pour la Démocratie Locale
- Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union
- Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- EU DisinfoLab
- Europe's People's Forum
- European Foundation Centre
- European Partnership for Democracy
- Civil Society Europe
- European Citizen Action Service
- European Youth Forum
- European Civic Forum
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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)
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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)
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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 & Development Attending - Irena Andrassy (Cabinet member)