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Lobby organisation

International Federation for Human Rights

Think tank / academic · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, International Federation for Human Rights appears in 42 declared MEP meetings (24 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

42
declared meetings
with current MEPs
24
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“To embody a world movement for Human Rights FIDH, through its legitimacy, its experience, its methods and its credibility, has a unique role to play in contributing to their realisation. Since 2009, FIDH has singled out certain areas of prime concern, for which it has determined action priorities: Freedom and capacity to act of human rights defenders. Universality of rights,…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 42 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1740%
Socialists & Democrats1433%
European People's Party614%
Renew Europe410%
The Left12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (10 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
7
2021
1
2022
3
2023
9
2024
8
2025
10
2026
3

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

Daniel Freund
7 meetings · Greens/EFA
Saskia Bricmont
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Lara Wolters
3 meetings · S&D
Axel Voss
3 meetings · EPP
Hilde Vautmans
2 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
19 Mar 2026Daniel FreundObstructions to freedom of association and peaceful assembly in France
17 Mar 2026Hilde VautmansDRC
15 Jan 2026Evin IncirHuman rights situation and accountability efforts in Palestine
4 Dec 2025Sophie WilmèsRule of law
4 Nov 2025Chloé RidelTransnational repression
26 Mar 2025Cristina MaestreHuman Rights in India
19 Mar 2025Hilde VautmansThe situation in DRC
5 Feb 2025Maria NoichlVictims Rights Directive
31 Jan 2025Raphaël GlucksmannGeneralised system of preferences
30 Jan 2025Rima HassanSituation of human rights in India
29 Jan 2025Mounir SatouriDroits humains
28 Jan 2025Vicent Marzà IbáñezHuman Rights in India
21 Jan 2025Majdouline SbaiGSP review
10 Dec 2024Lara WoltersDue Diligence
10 Dec 2024Chloé RidelHuman rights defenders, women's rights, environment

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