Lobby organisation
Front Line Defenders
NGO or non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Ireland · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Front Line Defenders appears in 35 declared MEP meetings (26 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“Front Line Defenders was founded in Dublin in 2001 with the specific aim of protecting human rights defenders at risk (HRDs), people who work, non-violently, for any or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).”
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“Human rights defenders at local and national levels are recognised to be essential actors in the struggle for human rights and enjoy the freedom and security to undertake their legitimate activities. FLD works to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and organisations around the world at risk for their peaceful and legitimate human rights work. As identified by human rights defenders themselves, FLD responds to protection and security needs by providing support through grants, capacity building, visibility, networking, and advocacy, at the international, regional and local levels.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 35 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Alessandra Moretti | Peace promotion, human rights |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Isabel Wiseler-Lima | Meeting with NGOs - DROI annual report on human rights and democracy in the world |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Hannah Neumann | Exchange of Views on Iran |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Erik Marquardt | Human Rights Defenders |
| 13 May 2026 | Evin Incir | Human rights situation in Cuba |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Mounir Satouri | Assassinat de défenseurs des droits humains comme outil de répression |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Catarina Martins | human rights |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Martin Günther | Human rights and Western Sahara |
| 2 Jun 2025 | Cristina Maestre | Human Rights Situation in Thailand |
| 27 May 2025 | Laura Ballarín Cereza | Human Rights |
| 15 May 2025 | Villy Søvndal | Ukraine |
| 14 May 2025 | Paulius Saudargas | Human rights situation of Crimean Tatars |
| 14 May 2025 | Thijs Reuten | Crimean Tatar |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Ondřej Kolář | Meeting with Ukrainian human rights defenders advocating for the release of civilian hostages held in Russian captivity |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Cristina Maestre | Human Rights in India |
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