Human Rights Watch
Acronym: HRW
General Information
Identification Code: 56362448807-46
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Entity Form: ASBL
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 5/21/2012
Last Update: 1/17/2024
EP Accredited Number: 5
Mission & Interests
Goals: Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of more than 450 staff members around the globe. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities. Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups. Human Rights Watch meets with governments, the United Nations, regional groups like the African Union and the European Union, financial institutions, and corporations to press for changes in policy and practice that promote human rights and justice around the world.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Borders and security
- Climate action
- Enlargement
- Environment
- European neighbourhood policy
- External relations
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Humanitarian aid and civil protection
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Migration and asylum
- Trade
Levels of Interest:
- national
- sub-national
- european
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: HRW’s work in Brussels focuses on EU internal and external policies, migration and refugee rights, environmental issues, economic justice, disability rights, LGBT rights, and international justice. Among specific legislative proposals, HRW is working on Reform of the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP); Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); and Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market.
Communication Activities: HRW staff are often invited to testify before the European Parliament, and frequently interact with EU and member states officials. HRW also often publishes products focused on EU policy developments, and/or calling for EU action to prevent or address the abuses we document. All our directly EU-related publications are at: https://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia/european-union.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Fifth Avenue, 350
Post Code: 10118
City: New York City
Country: UNITED STATES
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EU Office
Address: Square de Meeûs 35
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
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Complementary Information: HRW's total budget for the year 2022-2023 is 101,520,289 USD (unaudited).
Based on a rate of 1.069, this refers to a total budget of 94,967,529.50 in EUR (unaudited).
All HRW financial data is publicly available at: https://www.hrw.org/financials. No individual donor provides up to 10% of our total budget. Our financial statement for FY23 is currently being audited and will be updated in this register as soon as available.
For more detailed information, see our latest published 'Consolidated Financial Report' (June 30, 2022), here: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2022/12/Human%20Rights%20Watch%2C%20Inc.%20FY22%20FS%20-%20FINAL.pdf.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 5
Members F T E: 4.099999904632568
Info Members: Philippe Dam,
Claudio Francavilla,
Friederike Mager,
Iskra Kirova,
Alice Autin
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Human Rights Watch is not a membership-based NGO. See Website, "About Us" https://www.hrw.org/about/about-us.
Organisation Members: - Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN); Website: https://hrdn.eu/
The Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN) is an informal grouping of NGOs operating at EU level in the broader areas of human rights, democracy and conflict prevention.
The vision of the HRDN is that human rights and democracy are placed at the heart of the European Union's internal and external policy agenda. This vision should manifest itself in a European Union that effectively protects human rights at home and is a force for positive change in the world.
In pursuit of this vision, the network aims to influence EU and member state human rights policies and the programming of their funding instruments to promote democracy, human rights and sustainable peace.
Participation in the network is open to non-governmental organizations which engage at EU level in the promotion of human rights, democracy and conflict prevention in and outside the EU. Applicants will be admitted to the network if none of the current members object.
- Crisis Action; Website: https://crisisaction.org/
Crisis Action is an international, non-profit organisation which aims to help avert conflicts, prevent human rights abuses and ensure governments fulfil their obligations to protect civilians.
Crisis Action works behind the scenes to support a diverse range of partners who are all concerned with tackling the immediate effects or long-term consequences of conflict. We aim to help them increase the impact of their responses to current and emerging conflict-related crises.
- Fundamental Rights Platform; Website: https://fra.europa.eu/en/cooperation/civil-society
Launched by the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in 2008, the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) is a network for cooperation and information exchange, set to act as the main channel for the FRA to engage civil society and to ensure a close cooperation between the Agency and relevant stakeholders.
- HRC-Net; Website: https://ishr.ch/defenders-toolbox/hrcnet/
The HRC-NET is a cross-regional network of human rights organizations from around the world that aims to share information and advocate at the Human Rights Council (HRC). The network was established in 2007.