MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Amnesty International Limited

NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Amnesty International Limited appears in 147 declared MEP meetings (67 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

147
declared meetings
with current MEPs
67
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
10.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Amnesty International is a world-wide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.”

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“In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups. Amnesty International has around a 2.8 million members and supporters in 162 countries and territories. Activities range from public demonstrations to letter writing, from human rights education to fundraising concerts, from individual appeals on a particular case to global campaigns on a particular issue. Amnesty International is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. Amnesty International is financed largely by subscriptions and dona (...)”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 147 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA7853%
Socialists & Democrats3624%
Renew Europe1913%
European People's Party85%
The Left64%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (54 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
4
2021
5
2022
5
2023
19
2024
39
2025
54
2026
21

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tineke Strik
16 meetings · Greens/EFA
Birgit Sippel
8 meetings · S&D
Daniel Freund
7 meetings · Greens/EFA
Kim van Sparrentak
7 meetings · Greens/EFA
Alexandra Geese
6 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Nov 2026Sandro RuotoloUpdate on Interest group on spyware
4 Nov 2026Leoluca OrlandoDevelopments Egypt
3 Nov 2026Marco Tarquiniohuman rights situation in Egypt
13 Oct 2026Li AnderssonHuman rights in China
1 Oct 2026Sandro RuotoloInterest group on spyware update
3 Sep 2026Kim van SparrentakPride ban/situation for LGBTIQ+ community in Hungary
23 Jun 2026Sandro RuotoloSpyware case in Spain
11 Jun 2026Ilaria SalisAfghanistan
11 Jun 2026Alessandra MorettiDiscussion on the risks of accelerated deportations to Afghanistan and the proposed Taliban visit to Brussels
11 Jun 2026Erik MarquardtRisks of deportations to Afghanistan
29 Apr 2026Nikola MinchevExchange of views
23 Apr 2026Evin IncirHuman rights in Iran
15 Apr 2026Mounir SatouriSituation des droits humains en Egypte et en Libye
15 Apr 2026Leoluca OrlandoLibya and Egypt developments
14 Apr 2026Sandro RuotoloNew spyware technologies

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