Netherlands Helsinki Committee

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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)

6 Fte (12)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

0

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Netherlands Helsinki Committee   (NHC)

    EU Transparency Register

    731172627999-25 First registered on 17 Aug 2017

    Goals / Remit

    The statutes of the NHC define the objective of the organization as the promotion of an international and societal rule of law under which human rights can be fully realized. The NHC sets out to reinforce and support the activities of international and national governmental and non-governmental organizations in conflict prevention, human rights protection, upholding of the rule of law, and promotion of democracy. The statutes specify that particular attention is given to the region covered by and to the work of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the follow-up organization of the inter-governmental conference which led to the 1975 Helsinki Final Act.

    Main EU files targeted

    Several EU- country Human Rights Dialogues, Art. 7 and Rule of Law discussions, Human Rights Defenders, EU pre-accession, Justice & Home Affairs; Anti-Corruption; Civic Space; Democracy and Human Rights

    Address

    Head Office
    Riviervismarkt 4
    The Hague 2513 AM
    NETHERLANDS
    EU Office
    Riviervismarkt 4
    The Hague 2513 AM
    NETHERLANDS

    Website

    https://www.nhc.nl/

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    12

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%12

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    6

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Jul 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Kirsten Elizabeth MEERSSCHAERT 30 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2020
    Mr Pepijn GERRITS 30 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2020
    Mr Pepijn GERRITS 05 Dec 2018 30 Nov 2019

    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

    Breed Mensenrechten Overleg (https://www.bmoweb.nl/)
    EU-Russia Civil Society Forum (https://eu-russia-csf.org/)
    Partos (https://www.partos.nl/)
    European Partnership for Democracy (https://epd.eu/)
    Civic Solidarity Forum (https://www.civicsolidarity.org/)
    A full list can be found on page 12 of the last Annual Report (2021): https://www.nhc.nl/assets/uploads/2022/06/2021-Final-Annual-Report-with-Financials.pdf

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    3,496,033€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Grants, Public financing, EU funding

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution National Postcode Lottery 500,000€
    Contribution Europese Unie 943,543€
    Grant EU delegation to Ukraine 39,049€
    Grant DG NEAR 286,131€
    Grant DG NEAR 19,728€
    Grant EEAS 316,547€
    Grant EC Just and Consumers 291,088€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Overview will follow after closure financial year 0€

    Other financial info

    Sources and exact amounts per source will be added after closure of the financial year.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Anti-corruption#NHC follows the actions of the following intergroups: Extreme poverty and human rights, Traditional minorities, National communities and Languages, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex rights - LGBTI, Children's rights, Anti-racism and diversity, COSAC

    Communication activities

    Meetings with policy makers, social media campaigns, webinars, publications, training and advocacy for and with human rights defenders (see for example our RARE programme, and other activities at www.nhc.nl)

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    None declared

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