Sweden · Human rights and democracy
Civil Rights Defenders
Swedish organisation with a 90-account (Svensk Insamlingskontroll). Based in: Sweden. Active at least since 2026. Main sector: human rights and democracy.
Civil Rights Defenders is a politically and religiously independent human rights organisation. We partner with and support human rights defenders who work in some of the world’s most repressive regions. We work on four continents. Our headquarters is located in Stockholm, and we have eight regional branch-offices around the world. Civil Rights Defenders was founded as the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in 1982.
- Active at least since
- 2026
- Income 2025
- SEK159.9M
Accounts
Income Expenditure
Source: Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Sweden) — official register
Data table
| Year | Income | Expenditure | Public funds | Staff | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | SEK159.9M | – | – | – | Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Sweden) |
| 2024-12-31 | SEK175.8M | – | – | – | Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Sweden) |
| 2023-12-31 | SEK175.6M | – | – | – | Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Sweden) |
European Union funding
Data table
| Year | Development cooperation (INTPA) | Other EU programmes | Total committed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | €44,178 | €44,178 |
| 2019 | – | €81,363 | €81,363 |
| 2018 | – | €173,798 | €173,798 |
| 2017 | €229,865 | €64,543 | €294,408 |
Amounts committed each year by the European Commission to the organisation (contracts and grants), from the EU Financial Transparency System. A commitment often covers several project years and, in consortia, may include shares of other partners. They are not income for the year and should not be compared directly with the accounts.
Public funds from donor governments
Payments by donor in the last 5 years
| Donor | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auswärtiges Amt (Germany) | €31,990 | €45,225 | €697 | €83,100 | – |
| Sida (Sweden) | – | – | – | – | €21,161 |
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
Albania ↗ 1 · Bosnia & Herzegovina ↗ 1 · Bangladesh ↗ 1 · Colombia ↗ 1 · Honduras ↗ 1 · Jordan ↗ 1 · Kyrgyzstan ↗ 1 · Kazakhstan ↗ 1 · Lebanon ↗ 1 · Myanmar (Burma) ↗ 1 · Nicaragua ↗ 1 · Serbia ↗ 1 · Sudan ↗ 1 · Somalia ↗ 1 · South Sudan ↗ 1 · Thailand ↗ 1 · Tajikistan ↗ 1 · Tunisia ↗ 1 · Ukraine ↗ 1 · Uganda ↗ 1 · Venezuela ↗ 1 · Kosovo ↗ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Initiative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law | Albania, Colombia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Uganda, South Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Tunisia, Jordan, Serbia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Nicaragua, Sudan, Thailand, Venezuela | 2025–2028 ongoing | $1.7M |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Official checks
- Public register
- Bolagsverket (Sweden) 802011-1442 — number published by Svensk Insamlingskontroll; accounts filed with Bolagsverket are not among our sources
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025 (Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Sweden))
- Quality labels and codes of conduct
- 90-account, Svensk Insamlingskontroll (Sweden)
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
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
EU-TR 060852832806-95 · EU-TR 962775398211-52 · IATI (d-portal) · SE-ON 802011-1442