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Human Rights Watch Sweden

 Human Rights Watch Scandinavia Insamlingsstiftelsen  (org. no. 802478-1885)

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  • About us

    Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organisations dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. In September 2015, Human Rights Watch opened the office of its Sweden affiliate to intensify its advocacy on key human rights issues both in Sweden and around the world, and to increase support for the work of Human Rights Watch worldwide.

    Our establishment in Sweden marks our first formal presence in Scandinavia - a milestone achievement in our efforts to globalise operations and to harness Sweden’s strong human rights culture to effect lasting improvements for victims of abuses worldwide.

    The Sweden office organises several larger public and smaller private events throughout the year, and engages with Swedish decision-makers in government and in other sectors as part of the organisation’s advocacy work. If you are interested in learning more about our local activities, please contact the Sweden office on email Sweden@hrw.org

  • Our work

    Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights movement with a network of affiliates and offices around the globe. It includes roughly 400 staff members who are 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. Each year, Human Rights Watch publishes more than 100 reports and briefings on human rights conditions in some 90 countries, generating extensive coverage in local and international media. With the leverage this brings, 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. Would you be interested in finding out more about Human Rights Watch research on Sweden, please go to the Sweden country research page.

 

How we work

Investigate. Human Rights Watch is committed to systematically researching and analysing human rights conditions worldwide in order to uncover abuses. Researchers interview leaders, victims and witnesses so that they can form an accurate picture of what happened. They also review media and academic reports, domestic and international law and policy papers to gain a further understanding of the situation.

Expose. Human Rights Watch researchers publish their findings in the form of reports and articles. These are then made accessible to the public as well as local authorities in order to raise awareness of the abuses. The publications are available in multiple languages and formats and are often referenced in news articles worldwide.

Change. Following the identification and publication of human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch’s advocacy division work closely with local authorities and organisations in order to demand accountability and put an end to the abuses that they have discovered. The ultimate goal of Human Rights Watch is to ensure that human rights are upheld worldwide and to promote justice and change. 

 

Human Rights Watch Sweden Board of Directors

 

Charles Lustig
Charles Lustig is our deputy executive director of operations for Human Rights Watch and is responsible for the smooth functioning of the organization’s offices and staff in more than 40 locations worldwide.  Read his full bio here.

Mats Björkman
Mats Björkman is a partner and an attorney at Setterwalls with experience in corporate finance and M&A.

Laura Boardman
Laura Boardman is a managing director for the development and outreach department at Human Rights Watch. She oversees the department’s activities in European and Middle East and North African cities.

Barbara Pirto
Barbara Pirto is the head of finance and administrative responsibilities in the organization and is a part of the Senior Management at Human Rights Watch.

 

Annual reports, financials & tax-exempt materials

 

 

 

 

Rubble from a residential house in Saada City, Yemen. An airstrike almost completely destroyed the house on May 6, 2015, killing 27 members of one family. © 2015 Ole Solvang/Human Rights Watch
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Rubble from a residential house in Saada City, Yemen. An airstrike almost completely destroyed the house on May 6, 2015, killing 27 members of one family. © 2015 Ole Solvang/Human Rights Watch

 © 2015 Ole Solvang/Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organisation, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. To ensure our independence, we do not accept government funds, directly or indirectly. Donations made in Sweden benefit our work worldwide.
 

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Swedish Fundraising Control

(SWE: Svensk Insamlingskontroll)
Human Rights Watch Sweden (legally registered under “Human Rights Watch Scandinavia Insamlingsstiftelsen”) is a 90-account holder, approved and monitored by the Swedish Fundraising Control.

Only non-profit organisations approved as 90-accounts holders and monitored by the Swedish Fundraising Control are able to receive the seven-digit bank account number beginning with number 90 at PlusGirot and Bankgirot. You can contribute to Human Rights Watch Sweden by making a donation directly to our 90-account 90 04 54-0, or via Swish 9004540.

Donations made in Sweden benefit our work worldwide.

 

NGO Fundraising, Swedish Fundraising Council

(SWE: Frivilligorganisationernas Insamlingsråd, “FRII”)
Human Rights Watch Sweden is a member of the NGO Fundraising, Swedish Fundraising Council (SWE: “FRII”). FRII works to ensure that fundraising in Sweden is conducted in a transparent, ethical and professional manner.

As a member of FRII, Human Rights Watch Sweden is obliged to report annually to FRII and abide by the standards set out in FRII’s member document “the Quality Code” (SWE: “Kvalitetskoden”). The purpose of the Quality Code is to highlight and clarify how FRII’s members work in order to ensure internal checks and balances, as well as high quality in the governance of the organisation.

 

 

News

  • #KissingIsCaring at Way Out West Festival

    #KissingIsCaring at Way Out West Festival

    Are you going to Way Out West? Do you like to kiss? Then visit GodEl's area at the festival and kiss in their photo booth! GodEl donates 250 SEK for each kiss in front of their photo booth. Go there with a friend and kiss (or do a hand blown kiss yourself) and contribute to our work on promoting and protecting the rights of LGBT people around the world. You find GodEl between the Flamingo and Linné stages.

    To learn more, please visit GodEl's website here.

  • Human Rights Watch Sweden becomes beneficiary of the Swedish Post Code Lottery

    Human Rights Watch Sweden becomes beneficiary of the Swedish Post Code Lottery

    On the 4th October 2016, the Swedish Postcode Association announced that Human Rights Watch Sweden will become the lottery’s 56th beneficiary.

    – Fantastic news and important to us. To be chosen to become a beneficiary lays the foundation for our continued expansion in Sweden, says Måns Molander, Sweden Director for Human Rights Watch Sweden.

    To read the Swedish Postcode Association’s press release in its entirety, please visit their website here.

  • Global Council Summit 2016

    Global Council Summit 2016

    Human Rights Watch annual Global Council Summit took place in Berlin on 20 - 22 June 2016. The annual Council Summit is an opportunity for Human Rights Watch Council members to meet with the directors, researchers and other representatives of Human Rights Watch. In connection with this year's Summit, Human Rights Watch was presented with the Theodor Wanner Award by the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (The Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations). For more information, please contact the Stockholm office on email sweden@hrw.org.

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