Reprisals against human rights defenders, related to business, are sadly very common. In 2021, Front Line Defenders recorded the killings of 358 human rights defenders, and the Business and human rights resource centre recorded over 600 attacks against human rights defenders working on business-related human rights issues – ranging from judicial harassment to death threats and violent attacks.
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Front Line Defenders
NGO · Ireland · EU Transparency Register 633748221618-41
1
position filed
in the 639 files tracked
1
legislative file
of 639 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 639 consultation files tracked so far (53,766 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1068 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #880 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
4.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
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declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2016
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Human Rights and Democracy Network http://www.hrdn.eu/
- Front Line Defenders has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations https…
- Front Line Defenders is also a member of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition http://www.defendin…
- Journalists in Distress Network
- https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/who-we-are.
- Front Line Defenders is a member of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism
- protectdefenders.eu
- and sits on its board: https://protectdefenders.eu/
- Lighthouse - Global Protection Fund - www.lighthousedefenders.org
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Blackrock, Ireland
- EU office
- Brussels
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Front Line Defenders filed 1 position on 23 May 2022, across 1 of the 639 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
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