MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Human Rights Watch

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 11 September 2026, Human Rights Watch appears in 142 declared MEP meetings (66 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

142
declared meetings
with current MEPs
66
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Human Rights Watch (HRW) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of roughly 500 people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. Established in 1978, HRW is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 142 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA5942%
Socialists & Democrats4733%
Renew Europe2014%
European People's Party139%
The Left21%
Non-attached11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (36 in 2025).

2019
11
2020
6
2021
4
2022
9
2023
16
2024
32
2025
36
2026
28

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
12 meetings · Greens/EFA
Hannah Neumann
10 meetings · Greens/EFA
Raphaël Glucksmann
8 meetings · S&D
Mounir Satouri
7 meetings · Greens/EFA
Saskia Bricmont
6 meetings · Greens/EFA

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Sep 2026Hilde VautmansChina
16 Jul 2026Ingeborg ter LaakSyria
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
10 Jun 2026César LuenaNorth Korean forced labor
3 Jun 2026Markéta GregorováMeeting with Human right Watch - Dual use
2 Jun 2026Hannah NeumannExchange of Views on Spyware Export Controls
23 Apr 2026Evin IncirHuman rights in Iran
21 Apr 2026Hannah NeumannExchange of Views on Gender Apartheid
20 Apr 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaBurkina Faso, Sahel and West Africa
14 Apr 2026Nicola ZingarettiPact for the Mediterranean
14 Apr 2026Murielle LaurentSituation au Sahel
10 Apr 2026Nathalie LoiseauSituation humanitaire au Sahel
8 Apr 2026Barry AndrewsBurkina Faso

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