Front Line Defenders

Founded in 2001, Front Line Defenders is a non-governmental organisation based in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland working on human rights, democracy & civil society.

Front Line Defenders is an international human rights organisation founded in Dublin in 2001 to protect human rights defenders at risk. It responds to their protection and security needs through grants, capacity building, visibility, networking and advocacy at international, regional and local levels. It maintains its headquarters in Dublin, an EU office in Brussels, and field staff in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and Central Asia, and the Middle East. It publishes an annual global analysis on human rights defenders at risk and operates a 24-hour emergency line for defenders.