Belgium · Human rights and democracy

Avocats Sans Frontières

National non-governmental organisation. Based in: Belgium. Founded 1992. Main sector: human rights and democracy.

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Founded: 1992
Income 2024: €10.8M

Accounts

Income Expenditure

Source: EU Transparency Register — self-reported

Data table

Year	Income	Expenditure	Public funds	Staff	Source
2024-12-31	€10.8M	–	–	–	EU Transparency Register
2023-12-31	€9.8M	–	–	–	EU Transparency Register
2022-12-31	€10.3M	–	–	–	EU Transparency Register

Public funds from donor governments

Payments by donor in the last 5 years

Donor	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
DGD (Belgium)	€1.5M	€2M	€1.7M	€2M	€1.6M
Auswärtiges Amt (Germany)	€91,394	–	–	–	–
FCDO (United Kingdom)	–	–	€14,174	–	–

Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.

Spending on declared projects (IATI)

Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).

Countries with projects published on IATI

Burundi ↗ 6 · Uganda ↗ 5 · Congo - Kinshasa ↗ 4 · Morocco ↗ 3 · Kenya ↗ 2 · Tunisia ↗ 2 · Belgium ↗ 1 · Congo - Brazzaville ↗ 1 · Egypt ↗ 1 · Indonesia ↗ 1 · Niger ↗ 1 · Rwanda ↗ 1 · Chad ↗ 1 · Tanzania ↗ 1

Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.

Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)

Project	Country	Period	Spending
Mobiliser la société civile pour un développement durable et inclusif basé sur l'état de droit et les droits humains		2022–2026 ongoing	–
Soutien à la société civile pour un développement inclusif au Burundi	Burundi	2022–2026 ongoing	$1M
Unlocking civil society voices for sustainable development in Kenya	Kenya	2022–2026 ongoing	$748,706
Renforcer l’Etat de droit et le respect des droits humains au Maroc, en garantissant l’accès à la justice et aux droits économiques et sociaux pour toutes et tous ainsi que la protection de l’espace civique	Morocco	2022–2026 ongoing	$1.3M
Promouvoir et protéger les droits et libertés individuels et collectifs au Niger par le renforcement de la société civile et de la participation citoyenne	Niger	2022–2026 ongoing	$1.2M
Empowering civil society to engage decision makers on human rights and rule of law in Uganda	Uganda	2022–2026 ongoing	$1.6M
Promouvoir la pleine et effective réalisation des droits des populations en RDC	Congo - Kinshasa	2022–2026 ongoing	$2M
Empowered Tanzanian civil society for fostered justice & human rights in natural resource governance	Tanzania	2022–2026 ongoing	$388,379
From Access to Equality (FATE) : Empowering Women to Access Justice in Uganda.	Uganda	2021–2025 ongoing	$3.9M
PROG2017-2021_outcome_BURUNDI_Appuyer et promouvoir la réalisation des droits, la prévention et le règlement pacifique des conflits au bénéfice des populations vulnérables	Burundi	2017–2021 closed	$2.6M
PROG2017-2021_Coûts de structure		2017–2021 ongoing	$537,594
PROG2017-2021_outcome_INDONESIA_Strengthen platforms that increase access to both formal and informal justice mechanisms for marginalized and vulnerable groups through improved community-level, evidence based service delivery	Indonesia	2017–2021 ongoing	$930,555
PROG2017-2021_outcome_MAROC_Améliorer l'accès à la justice et la protection des droits humains pour les groupes les plus vulnérables, en priorité les femmes et les migrantes	Morocco	2017–2021 ongoing	$1M
PROG2017-2021_outcome_RDC_Appuyer et promouvoir la réalisation des droits des populations par leur participation à des mécanismes de prévention et de résolution des conflits efficaces, favorisant ainsi l'Etat de droit et la bonne gouvernance	Congo - Kinshasa	2017–2021 ongoing	$3.8M
PROG2017-2021_outcome_OUGANDA_Appuyer et promouvoir la participation publique à des mécanismes de justice et de développement renforcés et transparents, contribuant ainsi la protection des droits des populations et au règlement de leurs conflits	Uganda	2017–2021 closed	$3.1M

Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.

All projects on d-portal ↗

Official checks

Public register: BCE/KBO (Belgium) 0447404580 — number declared on IATI; that register is not one of our sources of accounts

Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology

Timeline

1992 Founded
2014-05-13 First publication on IATI

Identifiers

BE-BCE_KBO 0447404580 · EU-TR 408029952471-04 · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata