Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on human rights & humanitarian?
Human-rights, digital-rights and civil-liberties groups, humanitarian and development organisations, refugee and migrant groups, and campaigners for women, children, older people, people with disabilities and families.
Organisations classified under Human rights & humanitarian account for 4,676 declared MEP meetings across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about <€0.1M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 8 November 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Type | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Digital Rights↗ | NGO or non-profit | 205 | 70 |
| Human Rights Watch↗ | NGO or non-profit | 157 | 72 |
| Amnesty International Limited↗ | NGO or non-profit | 147 | 67 |
| Save the Children Europe↗ | NGO or non-profit | 134 | 72 |
| My Voice, My Choice↗ | NGO or non-profit | 105 | 74 |
| Caritas Europa↗ | NGO or non-profit | 73 | 44 |
| The ONE Campaign↗ | NGO or non-profit | 71 | 49 |
| EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits↗ | NGO or non-profit | 69 | 31 |
| European Council on Refugees and Exiles↗ | NGO or non-profit | 67 | 20 |
| European Women's Lobby↗ | NGO or non-profit | 66 | 42 |
| OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE↗ | NGO or non-profit | 64 | 42 |
| Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants↗ | NGO or non-profit | 63 | 24 |
Also active here: 13 organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in human rights & humanitarian
MEPs most met by human rights & humanitarian organisations
Across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs. A member's own page counts this term only, so its sector figures can be lower.
Sector labels are this site's own: reviewers chose the sector for 223 of the 353 profiled organisations here, and the other 130 carry a keyword classification by this site over organisation names, goals and Register categories. See methodology.