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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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR)
EU Transparency Register
657241221166-37 First registered on 24 Mar 2016
Goals / Remit
HFHR was founded in 1989, and its creation was preceded by the activity of the underground Helsinki Committee in Poland set up in 1982. Currently, HFHR is one of the most experienced and professionally active non-governmental organizations engaged in the field of human rights in Europe. HFHR’s mission includes promotion of human rights as the foundation of a democratic state and acting in order to improve the standards of human rights protection.
HFHR’s activity consists of monitoring, education (both at the national and international level) and activity in the public interest (including legal programmes providing legal aid and conducting strategic litigation). Since 2007, the HFHR has held a consultancy status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).Main EU files targeted
Within its activity in international research and monitoring networks, HFHR closely follows EU legislation which involves human rights protection. This activity embraces mainly research and monitoring of implementation of certain pieces of EU’s legislation regarding human rights.
HFHR monitors legal and policy changes by publishing comprehensive reports on changes in the situation of the judiciary, as well as monitoring court cases of street protesters charged with criminal offences. HFHR remains also a - a leading advocate of the rule of law and human rights in Poland and in the international arena (EU, Council of Europe, USA and UN) and a leading litigator before the ECtHR in cases concerning the independence of courts in Poland (acting as amicus curiae).
As part of the FRANET network, in recent years HFHR has carried out numerous research concerning fundamental rights protection and implementation of EU law in Poland.
Through participation in the JUSTICIA European Rights Network, HFHR monitors and promotes the implementation of EU legislation on procedural rights in criminal proceedings. As a member of the network, HFHR also consults and promotes network publications, including guides on the procedural safeguards (publications available here: http://eujusticia.net/index.php/proceduralrights). Procedural rights are also a subject of HFHR’s interest as part of its activity within the LEAP network coordinated by the Fair Trials International. HFHR experts regularly take part in LEAP conferences and meetings, and voice opinions on the situation in Poland.Address
Head Office
16 Wiejska Street
Warsaw 00-490
POLANDEU Office
16 Wiejska Street
Warsaw 00-490
POLANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Malgorzata SZULEKA 17 Jun 2022 01 Aug 2022 Complementary Information
N/A
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
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is a member of international and national networks and platforms of cooperation acting for human rights protection including among others:
Human Rights House Network –international coalition consisting of non-governmental organizations from Norway, the United Kingdom, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kenya and Uganda, among other countries.
European Council on Refugees and Exiles – pan-European alliance of 90 NGOs protecting and advancing the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons. Our mission is to promote the establishment of fair and humane European asylum policies and practices in accordance with international human rights law.
FRANET – Fundamental Rights Agency’s multidisciplinary research network. Within this network HFHR’s experts prepare reports on human rights protection in Poland,
LEAP (Legal Experts Advisory Panel) – an EU-wide network organized by Fair Trials International. It gathers more than 120 experts in criminal justice and human rights, including NGO representatives. Its aim is to promote fair and effective judicial cooperation within Europe.
JUSTICIA – a network gathering non-governmental organisations based in EU member states. The network’s activity concentrates on judicial cooperation in criminal matters, including safeguards in criminal proceedings.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
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
6,325,876€
Major funding types in closed year
Public financing, Grants, EU funding, Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Open Society Foundation 3,191,147€ Contribution National Endowment for Democracy 1,472,060€ Grant European Commission c/o Fundacja im. B. Geremka 14,512€ Grant European Commission c/o Fair Trial International 12,792€ Grant European Commission c/o Fair Trial International 11,818€ Grant European Commission 89,913€ Grant European Commission c/o European Prison Litigation Network 194,763€ Grant European Parliament 18,798€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Union c/o Fundacja Centrum im. prof. B. Geremka 3,991€ Other financial info
The current financial year: 2023.
The HFHR budget is calculate in PLN. The EUR-PLN conversion currency rate used for the budget information was 1 EUR = 4.3 PLN -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Within the scope of their works, HFHR's experts participate in public discussion concerning the legal and policy changes key from the perspective of human rights, democracy and rule of law. HFHR experts participate in public hearings in the Polish Parliament and the European Union Parliament, academic discussions and conferences.
Other activities
N/A
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 08 Feb 2023 Location Warsaw (PL) Subject Support to displaced persons from Ukraine, including support through European Cohesion funding Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2022 Location Poland Subject human rights and migration issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
- Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Mar 2022 Location Warsaw (PL) Subject EU response to the conflict in Ukraine, CARE. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Mar 2022 Location Warsaw, Poland Subject Children's Rights. Ukrainian refugee situation. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
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Date 22 Feb 2022 Location Warsaw, Poland Subject Migration issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
- Gosia Pearson (Cabinet member)
- Brian Synnott (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Feb 2020 Location Warsaw Subject Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Tom Snels (Cabinet member)
- Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Rule of Law in Poland Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2016 Location Berlaymont Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Rule of Law DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)