Front Line Defenders

Lobbying Organisation Front Line Defenders

Date published 19 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details Correspondence relating to the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk

Intended results Positive action for human rights defenders at risk

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity The Executive Director of the organisation Andrew Anderson has primary responsibility for lobbying within the organisation; however, former Executive Director Mary Lawlor was primarily responsible for the lobbying activities highlighted during the period of this report.

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Informal Meeting between Mary Lawlor and Simon Coveney which involved a discussion of the situation of human rights defenders in general and the ambition to have a physical memorial in Dublin to those human rights defenders who had been murdered since the UN Declaration in 1998.

Meeting (1)

Follow-up meeting on the topic above

Email (2-5)

Two follow-up emails with Simon Coveney's office regarding the ambition to have a physical memorial in Dublin to those human rights defenders who had been murdered since the UN Declaration in 1998.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)