Front Line Defenders

Founded in 2001, Front Line Defenders is a non-governmental organisation based in Blackrock, 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 supports defenders and organisations through grants, capacity building, visibility, networking and advocacy at international, regional and local levels. It is headquartered in Dublin, with an EU office in Brussels and regional 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 runs an emergency line for defenders in crisis.