Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Front Line Defenders - The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders |
| Acronym: |
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| Legal status: |
Registered Irish Charity
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| Website address: |
http://www.frontlinedefenders.org
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Sections
| Section: |
III - Non-governmental organisations |
| and more precisely: |
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mrs
Mary Lawlor
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| Position: |
Director |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Vincent Forest
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| Position: |
Head of EU Office |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
- Second Floor, Grattan House Temple Road
Blackrock, Co. Dublin -
IRELAND
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| Telephone number: |
(+351) 1 212 3750 |
| Fax number: |
(+351) 1 212 1001 |
| Other contact information: |
Front Line EU office
Square Marie-Louise 72
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 230 93 83
Fax: +32 2 230 00 28
Email: euoffice@frontlinedefenders.org
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Front Line Defenders is the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.
Front Line Defenders was founded in Dublin in 2001 with the specific aim of protecting human rights defenders at risk, people who work, non-violently, for any or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Front Line Defenders aims to address some of the needs identified by defenders themselves, including protection, networking, training and access to international bodies that can take action on their behalf.
Front Line Defenders seeks to provide rapid and practical support to at-risk human rights defenders, including through a 24 hour emergency response phone line, and to promote the visibility and recognition of human rights defenders as a vulnerable group.
Front Line Defenders runs a small grants program to provide for the security needs of defenders. Front Line mobilizes campaigning and lobbying on behalf of defenders at immediate risk. In emergency situations Front Line can facilitate temporary relocation.
Front Line Defenders conducts research and publishes reports on the situation of human rights defenders in specific countries. The organization also develops resource materials and training packages on behalf of human rights defenders as well as facilitating networking and exchange between defenders in different parts of the world. Front Line promotes strengthened international and regional measures to protect human rights defenders including through support for the work of the UN Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders. Front Line Defenders seeks to promote respect for the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
Front Line Defenders' EU office coordinates the organisation's advocacy activities with EU institutions and individual EU governments.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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- sub-national
- national
- European
- global
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
2
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Complementary information:
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On behalf of Front Line Defenders, the persons listed below have had, during the reporting period, four or more contacts with members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions; or they have spent 20 percent or more of their working time on behalf of Front Line Defenders carrying out such activities:
Vincent Forest, Head of EU Office
Philipp Woschitz, Advocacy Officer
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
| First name
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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VINCENT
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FOREST
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31/07/12
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10/07/13
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Philipp
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Woschitz
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12/01/13
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09/01/14
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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- Implementation of the EU Guidelines on the protection of human rights defenders (on cases, appointment of EU liaison officer for human rights defenders; local strategies to implement the EU Guidelines);
- Review of human rights policy at central and field levels;
- Other EU policies in favour of human rights defenders at rish (visa issue, shelters in Europe).
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Development
- External Relations
- Foreign and Security Policy and Defence
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
0 |
| Number of member organisations: |
0 |
| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
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Complementary information:
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN)
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
-
12/2011
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Total budget:
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3,154,533
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€
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of which public financing:
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1,683,666
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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490,168
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€
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- from national sources:
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1,193,498
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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€
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from other sources: |
1,470,867
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€
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- donations:
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31,992
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€
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- contributions from members:
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€
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- Foundations :
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1,381,277
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€
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- Corporate Sponsorship & Registration Fees :
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57,312
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€
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- Interest income :
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286
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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100000
€ - 150000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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In 2011, Front Line Defenders received financial support from the following contributors:
- Irish Aid
- The European Commission (EIDHR)
- The Ford Foundation
- The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Sigrid Rausing Trust
- The Oak Foundation
- The Norwegian Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Belgium Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Ireland Fund
- Foundation Open Society Institute
- The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
- The Iris O'Brien Foundation
- The Overbrook Foundation
- Hivos
- The American Jewish World Service
- The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights (Kios)
- The Jackson Family Foundation
- The German Embassy in Dublin
- Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
- The Tikva Grassroots Empowerment Fund
- Zennström Philanthropies
- Rothco Advertising Integration
- Participants of the 2011 Front Line Golf Classic
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