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Front Line Defenders provides security and support to human rights defenders at risk globally.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Cristina Maestre (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Jun 2025 · Human Rights Situation in Thailand

Meeting with Villy Søvndal (Member of the European Parliament)

15 May 2025 · Ukraine

Meeting with Thijs Reuten (Member of the European Parliament)

14 May 2025 · Crimean Tatar

Meeting with Carola Rackete (Member of the European Parliament)

14 May 2025 · Sri Lanka

Meeting with Paulius Saudargas (Member of the European Parliament)

14 May 2025 · Human rights situation of Crimean Tatars

Meeting with Ondřej Kolář (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Mar 2025 · Meeting with Ukrainian human rights defenders advocating for the release of civilian hostages held in Russian captivity

Meeting with Cristina Maestre (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch

26 Mar 2025 · Human Rights in India

Meeting with Chloé Ridel (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Dec 2024 · Human rights defenders - Burkina faso

Meeting with Mounir Satouri (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

3 Oct 2024 · Défenseurs des droits humains

Meeting with Bernard Guetta (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Current situation in Gaza

Meeting with Isabel Wiseler-Lima (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Save the Children Europe and

4 Sept 2024 · Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

Meeting with David Lega (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Oct 2023 · Human Rights, Hong Kong

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Sept 2023 · Imprisoned Human Rights Defender

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and

6 Jul 2023 · Defence of Democracy

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Business Human Rights Resource Centre

26 Jun 2023 · Staff level: CSDD Directive

Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament)

31 May 2023 · Exchange of views on the human rights situation

Meeting with Erik Marquardt (Member of the European Parliament)

31 May 2023 · Exchange of views on current situation in Jordan

Meeting with Salima Yenbou (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

30 May 2023 · DROI opinion on the regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market

Meeting with Miguel Urbán Crespo (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Mar 2023 · Human Rights Defenders Myanmar

Meeting with Karsten Lucke (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Mar 2023 · Menschenrechte Myanmar

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union and

17 Mar 2023 · Defence of democracy package

Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE and

1 Dec 2022 · Speech at the 2nd GAP III Structured Dialogue with CSOs

Meeting with Dietmar Köster (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Nov 2022 · Human rights defenders who remain in long-term detention

Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Nov 2022 · Imprisoned human rights defenders

Meeting with Alviina Alametsä (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Oct 2022 · Human rights in Pakistan

Meeting with Fiona Knab-Lunny (Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles)

31 Aug 2022 · Exchange on EU support to human rights defenders

Meeting with Isabel Wiseler-Lima (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Brot für die Welt and

16 Jun 2022 · Annual Report 2022 - Human Rights

Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

31 May 2022 · Exchange with recipients of Front Line Defenders Annual Award for Human Rights Defenders at risk

Front Line Defenders Urges EU to Protect Human Rights Activists

23 May 2022
Topic — New EU rules for corporate sustainability due diligence and human rights accountability.
Message — The organization requests explicit recognition of activists and mandatory engagement throughout the due diligence process. They also advocate for extending legal protections to human rights defenders located outside Europe.12
Why — Mandatory protections would significantly increase the safety of activists working globally.3
Impact — Multinational companies would face increased legal liability for human rights abuses abroad.45
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Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

7 Apr 2022 · Exchange on Afghanistan

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Business Human Rights Resource Centre

11 Jan 2022 · Mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

9 Dec 2021 · sustainable corporate governance initiative, CSRD

Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and

7 Dec 2021 · Expert Round Table on EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders

Meeting with Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen), Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and

17 Sept 2021 · upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance

Response to EU Action Plan of Gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025

12 Mar 2020

For the Foreign Policy section: States are bound by national, regional and international human rights standards to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of women human rights defenders (WHRDs), and establish conditions for them to carry out their work. States are also responsible for fostering change in discriminatory societal attitudes, such as prejudices and cultural constructs that undermine women’s work and positions, stereotypes about appropriate conduct, and harmful customs that perpetuate violence against women. As outlined in the UN Resolution on WHRDs, adopted in 20131, while all precepts included in the UN Human Rights Defenders Declaration are applicable, WHRDs experience violence in differentiated ways because of the work they do, and who they are, as women. The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders reports that “women defenders often face additional and different risks and obstacles that are gendered, intersectional and shaped by entrenched gender stereotypes and deeply held ideas and norms about who women are and how women should be.” There are many economic, social, cultural and geographical factors that affect how WHRDs experience a violation, including class, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, location, race and ethnicity. The Resolution calls for specific gendered protection measures and for WHRDs to be consulted in their design and implementation. For the EU to comprehensively support HRDs, it must take into account all factors that hinder the work of WHRDs and allow them to fully contribute to defending all rights, help address any obstacles they face, and hold State and non-state actors accountable to their obligations. Specific measures are extremely context specific and the EU must be open and committed to consistent dialogue with WHRDs to ascertain what, if any, measures would be most useful. Every measure outlined in the attachment should be discussed with the concerned WHRD or their representatives, in order to develop the most appropriate strategies and actions. The measures attached summarise different actions WHRDs have identified as the most needed and effective in assisting them carry out and continue their work under difficult circumstances.
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Meeting with Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

21 Feb 2020 · meeting to urge for more attention to be paid to human rights defenders in the NDICI

Meeting with Irena Andrassy (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)

6 Mar 2018 · Presentation of the situation of human rights defenders in the world and their role in development