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Netherlands Helsinki Committee

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

As of 9 September 2026, Netherlands Helsinki Committee appears in 8 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

8
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The statutes of the NHC define the objective of the organization as the promotion of an international and societal rule of law under which human rights can be fully realized. The NHC sets out to reinforce and support the activities of international and national governmental and non-governmental organizations in conflict prevention, human rights protection, upholding of the rule of law,…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 8 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA450%
European People's Party225%
Socialists & Democrats225%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2021).

2021
3
2022
2
2023
0
2024
0
2025
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
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Thijs Reuten
2 meetings · S&D
Rasa Juknevičienė
1 meeting · EPP
Jeroen Lenaers
1 meeting · EPP

The 8 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 May 2025Rasa JuknevičienėCivil society situation in Georgia
5 Feb 2025Thijs ReutenHuman rights defence
4 Feb 2025Daniel FreundHungary and sanctions against Russia
17 May 2022Thijs ReutenGeneral exchange of views
15 Mar 2022Jeroen LenaersRule of Law Conditionality Mechanism
24 Jun 2021Daniel FreundRule of Law, Transparency and Accountability - Building back better: Getting ahead on the rule of law
30 Mar 2021Daniel FreundTackling Russian elite's corruption: mission impossible? (Co-chaired by Anti-Corruption Intergroup)
4 Mar 2021Daniel FreundAnticorruption Intergroup Meeting with Civil Society Representatives

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