Human Rights Without Frontiers International
Budget
€34,190
EP Access
2
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.2 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Promotion of democracy, the rule of law and human rights. Fight against intolerance and discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, religion, gender, LGBTQI, using missions in the field, publishing reports and newsletters, organising media campaigns, developing advocacy at the EU, the UN and the OSCE in particular. Defence of the right to consciencious objection to military service Violations of human rights in the context of war Fight against the abuse of pre-trial detention and in favour of fair trial Abuse of extradition procedures
EU Legislative Interests
Monitoring of EU activities in the following areas: Russia's war on Ukraine Human rights in the world Freedom of religion or belief Ethnic and religious minorities Women's rights LGBTQI people and human rights Extradition issues Fair trials
Communication Activities
ACTIVITIES 2025 (Examples) HRWF director interviewing an Austrian MEP about the deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia (16.07.2024) HRWF co-organizing with Cesnur a webinar on the Tai Ji Men legal case victory at the Supreme Court in 2007 in Taiwan (13.07.2025) HRWF director invited to a Hearing on Freedom of religion in Russia organized by USCIRF in Washington (10.07.2025) Publishing an article titled “US report highlights security services’ concerns over covert Muslim Brotherhood operations in Europe” in The European Times (24.06.2025) Providing information about freedom of expression in Georgia to the Committee of the European Parliament in charge of Urgent Resolutions (11.06.2025) Providing lists of FORB Prisoners to the EEAS on its request before the EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue and the EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue (11.06.2025) Participation in a discussion about religious freedom in Russia with USCIRF in Washinton (10.06.2025) Participation as a speaker at a conference in the European Parliament about the Ahmadis in Pakistan (03.06.2025) Ahead of the EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue in July, HRWF provided the EEAS (EU External Action Service) with a list of 68 religious prisoners of all faiths during his visit in Vietnam (29.05.2025) HRWF publishing a call to President Macron to ask for the release of 8 JW conscientious objectors during his visit to Singapore (28.05.2025) HRWF publishing a call to President Macron to ask for the release of 68 religious prisoners of all faiths during his visit in Vietnam (26.05.2025) Publishing an article titled “London protests Sudanese Armed Forces’ use of chemical weapons as U.S. imposes sanctions” in The European Times and The Geneva Times (23.05.2025) Participation in a discussion meeting organized by EPLO in Brussels with a Iraqi delegation of female defenders of women’s rights (21.05.2025) Participation in a discussion meeting organized by Search for Common Ground in Brussels with a representative of civil society in Kyrgyzstan (15.05.2025) Participation in the discussion meeting of the European Parliament Intergroup on FORB (13.05.2025) HRWF wrote a letter to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine urging it to publish its expected decision about the access to a non-armed civil service for conscientious objectors to military service in wartime (12.05.2025) L’Opinione della Liberta in Italy published an article about the side-event of CAP/ Liberté de conscience and Human Rights Without Frontiers about religious freedom in Pakistan at the U.N. in Geneva (28.04.2025) Narod in Serbia, Breizh-Info in France and Nieuwrechts in The Netherlands published an article about the side-event of CAP/ Liberté de conscience and Human Rights Without Frontiers about religious freedom in Pakistan at the U.N. in Geneva (27.04.2025) HRWF co-signing a letter of the Institute of Religious Freedom (IRF) for the release of 5 FORB prisoners of conscience: Yahaya Sherif-Aminu (Nigeria), Gao Zhisheng (China), Y Quỳnh Bdap (Vietnam), Rohan Ahmad (Pakistan) and Fayzulla Agzamov (Uzbekistan) (26.04.2025) HRWF letter of support to the Bar Association on Odesa asking for the release of attorney Olga Panchenko defending two persons in a criminal case was followed three days later by her release on bail (25.04.2025) Publication in the Ukrainian media of HRWF’s official statement at the UN about the arbitrary arrest of Dr Oleg Maltsev in Odesa (21.04.2025) Publishing an article titled “Repeated ill-treatment of Jehovah’s Witness Anna Safronova in a Penal Colony in Russia” in The European Times (16.04.2025) Publishing an article titled “EU funding of Pakistan questionable school education system” in EU Reporter and EU Global (27.03.2025) Article titled “Geneva conference highlights religious persecution and education crisis in Pakistan” about the side-event to the Human Rights Council co-organized by CAP/ Liberté de conscience and HRWF was published b
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) https://hrdn.eu International Consortium on Law and Religious Studies (ICLRS)
Organisation Members
Droits de l'homme sans frontières/ Belgique Human Rights Without Frontiers/ Nepal Mensenrechten zonder Grenzen/ Nederland Droits de l'homme sans frontières/ Tchad Women's Rights Without Frontiers Bitter Winter (Italy) Human Rights Information and Documentation Center/ Georgia Assyrian Aid Society/ Iraq CESNUR/ Italy Life Fund for North Korean Refugees/ Japan Sova-Center/ Russia Korean Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims and Families/ South Korea 444 Days/ South Korea Nash Dom (Belarus)
Additional Information
Aucune subvention de l'UE Notre rapport financier est déposé chaque année auprès du Tribunal de l'Entreprise à Bruxelles
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.