Human Rights Report 2018 International Human Rights Policy: Activities and Results

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Human rights report 2018 International human rights policy: activities and results

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The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development But there are also positive signs. 142 countries – more than Cooperation and I are pleased to present this report on the ever before – have abolished or introduced a moratorium Netherlands’ worldwide human rights efforts in 2018 and on the death penalty. In more places than ever, people are the results achieved. able to marry the person they love, whatever their sex. The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Yezidi activist The 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Nadia Murad and gynaecologist Denis Mukwege for their Rights in 2018 was a good occasion to reflect on the progress work with victims of sexual violence in Iraq and the that has been made since 1948. At the same time, the Democratic Republic of Congo highlighted the importance principles laid down in the Universal Declaration, the of protecting the right to freedom of religion and belief, backbone of our contemporary human rights system, are and equal rights for women and girls – two pillars of Dutch under increasing threat. human rights policy. Thanks in part to Dutch efforts, international progress was made in evidence-gathering and There has been a downward trend for several years now, as prosecution with regard to international crimes. The evidenced by authoritative reports published by revolutions in Armenia and Ethiopia in 2018 and the organisations like CIVICUS, Freedom House, World Justice peaceful transition of power in Algeria in 2019 show that Project and Human Rights Watch. International political democratic change remains possible in countries that have support for human rights principles is declining. Journalists long had authoritarian regimes. are being intimidated, threatened and even murdered. Human rights defenders are subjected to intimidation and These positive developments give us a basis and the violence. Civil society and critical independent voices are motivation to continue stepping up Dutch international being squeezed out in some places, even here in Europe. human rights policy, a process begun in 2017. With its Countries are spying on their own citizens, and partners, the Netherlands will continue to stand up for technological innovations are sometimes used for the human rights as a vital prerequisite for stability and a purposes of repression. Governments seem less inclined to rules-based democratic international order. Only when listen to those with dissenting views. Some governments human rights are respected can there be freedom of ideas, even regard themselves as above the law, dismissing human legal certainty, creativity and innovation, and better rights – universal rights – as a useless luxury, a Western prospects for economic prosperity. invention.

Stef Blok Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Foreword 3

Introduction 5

Human Rights and the European Union 9

Human rights and membership of the UN Security Council 11

1 Freedom of expression and internet freedom 13

2 Freedom of religion and belief 19

3 Equal rights for women and girls 22

4 Human rights defenders and space for civil society 26

5 Equal rights for LGBTI persons 30

6 Promoting the international legal order / the fight against impunity 33

7 Human rights in policy on foreign trade and development cooperation 36

Appendix:Expenditure by theme 39

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Let us all unite to fight injustice and oppression; Let us raise our voices approach to human rights. We cannot necessarily expect together and say: No to violence, yes to peace, no to slavery, yes to unanimity on this issue, even within the European Union freedom, no to racial discrimination, yes to equality and to human (EU). Because of the position of some member states, the EU rights for all. Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad, Oslo, has not been able to take as forceful a stand as it would like 10 December 2018 on some priority issues such as equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons (LGBTI) and sexual This plea by Nadia Murad in her speech at the Nobel Prize reproductive health and rights. As outlined in the award ceremony encapsulates in a single sentence the core government’s letter to the House of Representatives on the State of Dutch human rights policy. A policy focused on of the European Union (Parliamentary Paper 35 078, no. 1), promoting the universality of individual human rights and there are also major issues within the EU concerning the rule making societies more resilient through international of law, democracy and fundamental rights,, potentially cooperation. Equal rights, freedom of expression and a compromising the EU’s international effectiveness. strong international legal order are key elements of this policy. The 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of At the same time, however, we must guard against thinking Human Rights was a good opportunity for the Netherlands solely in negative terms. There were also positive to convey this message in strong terms, together with a developments in 2018. 1.3 billion more people now live in a broad coalition of partners. country where homosexuality is no longer a crime; Asia Bibi was acquitted of blasphemy charges; the murder of Jamal Human rights policy and the rule of law are cornerstones of Khashoggi led to global pressure on Saudi Arabia; the plight Dutch foreign policy, as a matter of both conviction and of the Uighurs was highlighted by many countries national interest. Conviction because universal rights such (including the Netherlands); the UN Human Rights Council as freedom of expression and the freedom to be who you established an accountability mechanism for Myanmar; are, irrespective of colour, religion or sexual orientation are the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on human rights that should apply to all. And national interest because traffickers in Libya for the first time ever (at the instigation the Netherlands benefits from a world in which the of the Netherlands); and the Orange the World campaign international legal order and human rights are respected. underscored the great support for intensified international Respect for fundamental rights is an important prerequisite efforts to combat violence against women and girls. In a for stability, which is necessary for international trade, broader sense, we are witnessing a countermovement growth and development. whereby states and institutions with a progressive outlook on human rights are increasingly joining forces. In the A challenging context words of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, A robust, engaged Dutch policy on human rights is Michelle Bachelet, who took office in 2018, ‘There is a particularly important at the present time. Human rights are pushback on human rights, but also a pushback against that globally under increasing pressure. Growing restrictions pushback.’ make it more and more difficult for civil society organisations to do their job in many parts of the world. A robust Dutch policy Human rights defenders and their families are threatened Offering a strong pushback against the negative trends and and intimidated. The safety of journalists is also a major the narrative that goes with them, and strengthening cause for concern. The murders of Jamal Khashoggi (Saudi positive developments, will require unflagging efforts on Arabia), Daphne Caruana Galizia (Malta) and Ján Kuciak our part, using all human rights instruments available to us. (Slovakia) were tragic low points that highlight the danger that journalists face when doing their job. This trend The government takes a comprehensive perspective, towards repression undermines efforts to promote open, informed by the human security based approach of the free and inclusive societies and respect for human rights. Integrated International Security Strategy and the human rights based approach of the policy on Foreign Trade and Broad support for human rights in multilateral forums is Development Cooperation (BHOS), in combination with the becoming less and less self-evident. Collaboration with updated international human rights policy. Given the traditional partners is no longer a guarantee of a progressive important role of human rights in BHOS policy, this subject

| 5 | is examined in a separate chapter. At the government’s In 2018 Dutch efforts were again buttressed by contributions request, the Advisory Council on International Affairs is of members of government, who frequently raised the issue currently preparing a report on the nexus between human of human rights, both in bilateral meetings and in rights policy and BHOS policy, based on the Sustainable multilateral forums and public appearances. Wherever Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2030 Agenda for necessary, members of the government raise the issue of Sustainable Development. The report is due to be published human rights with third countries: the repression of the in July 2019. Uighurs (with China), the position of Christians (with Algeria), the treatment of Chechen LGBTI persons (with Against the backdrop of the many challenges and negative Russia), the climate of impunity (with Guatemala) and the trends, in 2017 the government decided to intensify the situation in the provinces of Papua and West Papua (with Netherlands’ international human rights efforts, in terms of Indonesia). Other examples include Prime Minister Mark both policy and funding, and to sharpen the focus of its Rutte’s meetings with human rights defenders during his activities. The Human Rights Fund was given an extra €36.2 visit to Colombia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok’s million, €7.4 million of which budgeted for 2018. From speech on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes 2019, an additional €9.6 million a year will be available. Part Against Journalists, Minister for Foreign Trade and of the extra money is being spent centrally, from The Hague, Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag’s involvement in the and part of it through the diplomatic missions. The portion campaign to end violence against women (Orange the that is to be allocated centrally falls under the new Human World) and Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Rights Fund Grant Policy Framework 2019-2021, which was Grapperhaus’ intervention at the Assembly of States Parties launched on 1 April 2019. to the Rome Statute. When Myanmar’s agriculture minister visited on 11 June 2018, Deputy Prime Minister Carola As set out in the letter to parliament on further efforts to Schouten, who is also Minister of Agriculture, Nature and strengthen human rights policy, (Parliamentary Paper 32 Food Quality, specifically drew attention to the position of 735, no. 227), specific attention is paid to equal rights for the Rohingya and Christian minorities in Myanmar. LGBTI persons, the position of journalists and freedom of religion and belief. The six priorities of the updated human The 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human rights policy – freedom of expression and internet freedom, Rights was marked with the award of a special Human freedom of religion and belief, equal rights for women and Rights Tulip. Former UN High Commissioner for Human girls, human rights defenders, equal rights for LGBTI Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, received the award from persons and promoting the international legal order and foreign minister Stef Blok for the independent and fighting impunity – continue to inform the Netherlands’ courageous manner in which he fulfilled his mandate as international human rights policy. Proposals for grants High Commissioner. To mark the anniversary of the under the Human Rights Fund Grant Policy Framework Declaration, the Peace Palace, which was lit up in blue for 2019-2021 must be connected to one of these priorities. the occasion, hosted a special international event in honour Besides these policy-related and financial aspects, the of human rights defenders. The Ministry of the Interior and enhancement of the human rights policy is also reflected in Kingdom Relations organised a symposium on ‘Human the decision to deploy more people to work on human Rights in Public Administration’, held on 10 December. It rights around the world (Parliamentary Paper 32 734, no. 32 was opened by interior minister Kajsa Ollongren, who has on the expansion and strengthening of the Dutch network coordinating responsibility for human rights in the of embassies, consulates-general and permanent Netherlands. She is currently overseeing the drafting of a representations). second National Action Plan on Human Rights. The updating of the Action Plan will help strengthen the In geographical terms the focus is on countries where the coherence between international and domestic human need is greatest and where the Netherlands can make a rights policy. difference. Human rights policy will also take its cue from the geographic focus of our broader foreign policy on the regions On a bilateral level, the embassies play an essential role in around Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. In the implementation of human rights policy. Two-thirds of accordance with the motion submitted by MPs Sven the Human Rights Fund is spent via local embassy partners, Koopmans and Martijn van Helvert (Parliamentary Paper 32 and in 2018, for the first time, five ‘local’ Human Rights 735, no. 217), financial support to OECD countries will be Tulips were awarded, in addition to the main award. restricted, though funding decisions will continue to be Embassies are uniquely placed to assess the feasibility of guided by the human rights situation and the extent to which human rights initiatives in the local context and to enhance fundamental rights and the rule of law are in jeopardy. their effectiveness.

| 6 | The Human Rights Ambassador also plays a key role in Human Rights Council against human rights violations, and Dutch bilateral policy. The ambassador is well-placed to to actively contribute to resolutions important to the express the Netherlands’ concerns about specific human Netherlands. The Council of Europe also provided rights situations and explore opportunities for cooperation opportunities to promote Dutch human rights priorities, with other countries. In 2018 the Human Rights Ambassador including in the dialogue between the Committee of visited several places, including the Palestinian Territories, Ministers and Human Rights Commissioner Dunja South Africa, Hungary, Greece, Cyprus and Malta. He also Mijatović, in which, among other issues, the Netherlands attended conferences on antisemitism, freedom of religion stressed the importance of freedom of expression and the and belief, internet freedom and security in the Sahel role of human rights defenders. The Organization for region. The Human Rights Ambassador’s efforts Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) provided a complement and reinforce the work of bilateral embassies context in which the Netherlands together with like-minded and representations at the human rights forums in New countries drew attention to human rights violations in York, Geneva, Strasbourg and Vienna. Chechnya, including the discriminatory treatment of LGBTI people. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and In 2018 multilateral institutions again proved vital for the Cultural Organization (UNESCO) again provided a valuable implementation of human rights policy. The Kingdom of forum for Dutch efforts to promote freedom of the press the Netherlands used its membership of the UN Security and safety for journalists. The Netherlands is to organise the Council in 2018 to draw extra attention to human rights, annual UNESCO conference in honour of press freedom in emphasising that systematic human rights violations are 2020 (with reference to the motion submitted by MPs among the root causes of conflict. Promoting human rights Lilianne Ploumen and Sjoerd Sjoerdsma, Parliamentary was highlighted as a crucial factor in conflict prevention. Paper 35 000 V, no. 30). Thanks in part to Dutch efforts, the fight against impunity assumed a more prominent role in the work of the Security Both the Netherlands and the EU attach importance to to Council. The UN Human Rights Council and the General consolidating existing partnerships, such as those with the Assembly’s Third Committee are also important forums for United States, Canada and Latin American countries. At the the Netherlands in its efforts to achieve results in priority same time, we recognise the importance of being open to areas. The Netherlands works in various ways to enhance new partnerships. The Netherlands has already taken steps the effectiveness and legitimacy of these forums, for in this direction, as witness its involvement in the Freedom instance by ensuring that civil society organisations have Online Coalition, the International Contact Group on input and by actively supporting the work of the special Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Equal Rights rapporteurs and independent experts. Coalition (LGBTI rights). In addition to this, the Netherlands is also making efforts to get cities and private sector In order to operate as effectively as possible and exercise the partners more closely involved. We can only overcome the greatest influence in the UN Human Rights Council, the autocratic narrative with innovative, strategic partnerships. Netherlands is again running for membership, for the 2020-2022 term. Frequent membership of the Human The Netherlands’ more focused efforts are already leading to Rights Council is in line with the Netherlands’ human rights clear results. In 2018 the Netherlands succeeded in profile, and underscores the importance of this forum. The contributing to safeguard privacy in the fight against online Netherlands supports the High Commissioner for Human hate speech, strengthening the capacity and reach of Rights’ efforts to raise situations where human rights are independent media, encouraging dialogue on sensitive abused. In 2018 both foreign minister Stef Blok and foreign issues associated with religion, taking a leading role in the trade and development cooperation minister Sigrid Kaag drafting and adoption of a UN resolution on violence discussed mutual cooperation with the High Commissioner. against women and girls, enhancing the visibility and The talks covered the Netherlands’ efforts to put human legitimacy of human rights defenders and civil society rights on the Security Council agenda, the situation in a organisations, supporting LGBTI interest groups in the number of specific countries like Myanmar, Yemen and battle for equal rights and promoting the investigation and Venezuela, conflict prevention and our shared agenda on prosecution of international crimes in Iraq, Yemen, equal rights for women and girls, and LGBTI people. The Myanmar, Syria and other countries. Netherlands is one of the biggest donors to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Reader’s guide This report gives an overview of the government’s main In 2018 the European Union was again an essential channel international human rights activities and their results in for the Netherlands in its efforts to achieve its objectives in 2018. It has a thematic, result-oriented focus on the the field of human rights policy. Despite internal differences priorities of the Netherlands’ international human rights of opinion, the EU managed to take a clear stance in the UN policy: freedom of expression and internet freedom,

| 7 | freedom of religion and belief, equal rights for women and girls, human rights defenders, equal rights for LGBTI persons, and the international legal order and the fight against impunity.

The Netherlands’ work in multilateral organisations (the UN, EU, Council of Europe, OSCE and international courts and tribunals), as well as in specific regions and countries, is informed by this thematic focus. Inspiring examples of bilateral and multilateral activities and results are included in the report by theme.

Given the particular investment in human rights within the EU and the UN Security Council, the report includes separate text boxes on these forums. In comparison to last year’s report, a chapter on human rights in policy on foreign trade and development cooperation has been added, in view of the human rights approach laid out in the policy document on BHOS. In accordance with the pledge made to the House of Representatives during the meeting of November 2016 between the foreign minister and the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the report includes an annexe with an extensive overview of expenditure on human rights projects, broken down by policy priority and by country. Besides cataloguing spending from the Human Rights Fund, the overview includes other sources of funding for human rights projects, including both the foreign affairs budget and the BHOS budget.

| 8 | Human Rights and the European Union

The EU was once again a major forum for Dutch human rights policy in 2018. With its political and human rights dialogues (with Brazil, China, Cuba, the African Union, Iran and other parties), the efforts of the Special Representative for Human Rights (which included missions to Myanmar, South Africa and Iran) and statements in response to specific human rights violations (such as the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi1 and the curtailing of freedom of expression in Turkey2), the EU made an important contribution to promoting human rights worldwide.

The EU also played a key role in the Netherlands’ efforts in multilateral human rights forums.3 In these bodies, the EU raised human rights violations in China (including the repression of the Uighurs and the re-education camps in Xinjiang), Egypt (freedom of expression, death penalty) and Russia (political prisoners, human rights situation in the illegally annexed Crimea). The EU supported the important work of UN mandate holders (special representatives, independent experts) for freedom of religion and belief, equal rights for LGBTI persons, human rights defenders and reprisals, as well as the work of independent committees to investigate human rights violations in countries like Burundi, Yemen and Myanmar. Obviously, the Netherlands also acted on its own initiative in these forums, but the efforts of the EU had a clear additional impact.

The Special Representative for Human Rights launched the EU Good Human Rights Stories Initiative in the margins of the ministerial week of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (September 2018).4 In collaboration with a broad coalition of countries, this initiative draws attention to positive stories, good examples and universal values, with the aim of promoting multilateral cooperation and individual human rights. It seeks to promote a positive narrative, in order to counter the efforts of states and autocratic leaders who are attempting to push individual human rights into the background. During the launch in New York, 13 countries signed up to this EU initiative. The EU has set itself the goal of broadening the alliance, deepening cooperation and thus enhancing its impact on the multilateral human rights debate.

Results are also being achieved on the Netherlands’ priorities through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR).5 EIDHR programmes focus on promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms in countries where they are under threat, on supporting civil society as a pillar of a well-functioning democracy, and on strengthening the rule of law and democracy. The total budget available for 2014-2020 is €1.3 billion. The objectives are very much in line with the priorities of Dutch human rights policy. For example, the EU spends a very substantial proportion of the funding on the rights of women and girls, human rights defenders, equal rights for LGBTI persons and the battle against impunity. On this front, both the Netherlands and the EU work with partners from civil society. The EIDHR is also used to build confidence in democratic election processes, for example by funding election observation missions.

Besides financially supporting civil society organisations that campaign for human rights, the European Union also champions their involvement in the work of the UN, OSCE and Council of Europe, for example by defending their right to speaking time.

Respect for human rights is also a key component of EU agreements (including trade agreements) with third countries. In order to qualify for the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+), countries must be prepared to ratify and implement 27 international treaties, thus committing themselves to internationally agreed standards on human rights and working conditions. The prospect of highly favourable trading terms and conditions encouraged Mexico, Sri Lanka and Pakistan to accede to additional human rights instruments in 2018.

1 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/11/17/declaration-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european- union-on-the-latest-developments-in-the-khashoggi-case/ 2 https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/44042/turkey-freedom-expression-must-be-safeguarded_en 3 See also the annual Council Conclusions on the EU’s efforts in UN human rights forums:http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ ST-6339-2019-INIT/en/pdf 4 https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/51241/good-human-rights-stories-coalition-launched_en 5 https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/commission-implementing-decision-multi-annual-action-programme-2018-2020-european-instrument_en

| 9 | Despite the fact that its effectiveness is at times hampered by the erosion of the rule of law and shrinking space for civil society in some member states, the EU continues to play a leading role on the international stage. Dutch priorities are furthermore part of the EU’s focus areas, underlining the EU as a forum for the implementation of Dutch human rights policy.

In this context it is important that the EU addresses its own internal shortcomings and holds the member states concerned accountable. The EU and its member states have strong institutions and agreements, such as the European Court of Justice, the European Convention on Human Rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Treaty on European Union, which embody the values on which the Union is based.6 The EU also has internal procedures for self-criticism. The article 7 procedures launched against Hungary and Poland underline this fact, as do the current debates on a mechanism for peer review of the rule of law and the linking of EU funding to the safeguarding of the principles of the rule of law. Another example is the work of the Agency for Fundamental Rights, which examines the internal EU human rights situation, and does not shy away from drawing critical conclusions.

Global EU human rights sanctions regime

In 2018, as part of efforts to implement the motion submitted by MP Pieter Omtzigt et al. on the Magnitsky Act (Parliamentary Paper 22 112, no. 2529), the Netherlands lobbied for an EU human rights sanctions regime with global scope. The Netherlands is convinced that an additional instrument is needed to tackle individual human rights violators anywhere in the world. Often those who perpetrate serious human rights violations that are not tied to national borders, such as human trafficking and sexual violence, cannot be dealt with under the EU’s current geographical sanctions regimes. The envisaged regime would thus complement the existing human rights instruments and current geographically defined sanctions regimes.

Initially, the emphasis was on building support through bilateral contacts with member states and the European External Action Service (EEAS), but on 20 November 2018 a seminar was held to discuss in a broader context how the regime might take shape in practice, with a particular focus on its scope and criteria. As indicated in the report submitted to parliament (Parliamentary Paper 32 735, no. 229), the positive momentum generated at the seminar was used to elicit support at the Foreign Affairs Council for the formal launch of talks. At the initiative of the Netherlands, and through the intercession of EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, the talks began in early 2019 in the EU Working Party on Human Rights. The Netherlands is engaged in active diplomacy, including bilaterally and at all levels, to have the sanctions regime adopted in the first half of 2019. This requires unanimity.

6 ‘[R]respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.’

| 10 | Human rights and membership of the UN Security Council

Foreign minister Stef Blok sounds the alarm on the situation in Syria while chairing the UN Security Council.7

Fairness and justice were one of the three priorities during the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ membership of the Security Council in 2018. The Kingdom’s efforts ensured greater focus on human rights violations as a cause and indicator of threats to peace and security, on the accountability of perpetrators of such violations and on the voice of civil society. The Netherlands focused on these matters in its own contributions, and where possible, it also introduced them as considerations in the Council’s decision-making, often in collaboration with other European countries, including the EU member states that were scheduled to join the Council as of 1 January 2019 (Germany and Belgium). From then on, it would be up to these countries to ensure that human rights remained on the agenda of the Security Council.8

Individual country situations The Kingdom of the Netherlands lobbied for the UN Security Council to send a mission to Myanmar and Bangladesh, which ensured the Rohingya crisis received more attention in the Council. It supported the briefing to the Security Council by the chair of the fact-finding mission on Myanmar organised by the United Kingdom, despite opposition, particularly from China. The Netherlands supported better evidence-gathering in Iraq with a view to prosecuting ISIS terrorists.

The Kingdom delegation also championed the human rights approach in negotiations on texts concerning the situation in Yemen; the Statement by the President of 15 March 2018 specifically mentioned the importance of tackling impunity.9

When the planned Syria briefing by High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein at the UN Security Council was blocked by Russia in a procedural vote, the Dutch delegation quickly organised an informal session on the issue, so that the briefing could still be given.

7 https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2018/03/27/netherlands-to-sound-alarm-on-syria-in-un-security-council 8 A general evaluation of the Netherlands’ membership in 2018 can be found in a letter to parliament of 15 February 2019 (in Dutch): https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2019/02/15/kamerbrief-over-koninkrijk-der-nederlanden-als-lid-van-de-vn-veilig- heidsraad-2018 9 https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sc13250.doc.htm

| 11 | On several occasions specific sessions were devoted to the human rights situation in other countries. One example from 2018 was Iran. However, due to a lack of support, the annual session on the human rights situation in North Korea did not take place in December 2018. The Kingdom of the Netherlands also highlighted the plight of certain individuals, including Palestinian minor Ahed Tamimi and the murdered Libyan activist Salwa Bugaighis.

Action on priority themes Efforts to tackle sexual violence in conflict situations took concrete form when they were included as an explicit criterion in the sanctions regimes for South Sudan and Libya. In addition, the Kingdom of the Netherlands organised an informal Arria-formula session on the subject. There will also be a training course for sanctions experts and, with Dutch support, an addendum on sexual violence will be added to the UN Sanctions Handbook. The successful Dutch initiative to impose UN sanctions on human traffickers in Libya (e.g. travel bans and the freezing of assets) attracted a great deal of attention.

At the Netherlands’ initiative, the Security Council adopted a Statement by the President on peacekeeping operations (S/PRST/2018/10), which confirmed the importance ‘of ensuring compliance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law, ending impunity for violations and abuses, and ensuring accountability’. In collaboration with Ivory Coast, the Kingdom of the Netherlands ensured that a resolution was unanimously adopted on ‘strengthening support to police, justice and corrections areas in peacekeeping operations and special political missions’ (S/RES/2447). The resolution provides a permanent basis on which to work on the promotion of human rights and the rule of law in the country to which a UN mandate applies.

The Dutch-sponsored resolution on conflict and starvation (S/RES/2417) called on States to investigate instances of the use of starvation as a weapon of war (in all armed conflicts), to take action against those responsible and to address the grievances of victims.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands called for efforts to tackle accountability in specific country situations including Colombia, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Myanmar, Syria and in a number of thematic debates. When chairing a debate in the Security Council on Syria on 27 March 2018, foreign minister Stef Blok, for example, emphasised that those guilty of crimes, including members of ISIS and al Qa’ida, should know that they were being monitored and identified, and that dossiers were being compiled on them so that they could eventually be held accountable.

The Netherlands’ efforts were met with resistance on more than one occasion. It became clear that there are regular objections to explicitly spotlighting human rights, and not only from the major powers Russia and China. Given this, the results achieved during our membership of the UN Security Council should be regarded as even more significant.

| 12 | 1 Freedom of expression and internet freedom

Freedom of expression, both online and offline, is a 1.1 Freedom of expression prerequisite for a properly functioning democracy and a free society. Journalists play a vital role in spreading information Both freedom of expression and freedom of the press are and protecting free speech, so it is essential that they be under threat all around the world. For 13 years in a row, the allowed do their work safely. Freedom of expression is scope for press freedom has been shrinking.10 This diminishing protected in society by free access to information, freedom is seen not only in countries with repressive regimes, independent and pluralistic media and freedom from but also closer to home, in Western countries. Serious censorship. Therefore, in 2018, the government decided to violations are increasing, such as the murder of journalist step up its efforts to preserve and promote freedom of Jamal Khashoggi, the jailing of two investigative journalists in expression, with a particular focus on protecting (Dutch) Myanmar and the dozens of journalists imprisoned in Turkey. journalists abroad, in accordance with the motion submitted by MP Sjoerd Sjoerdsma (Parliamentary Paper 34 Results 775 V, no. 26). By protecting freedom of expression and internet freedom, the Netherlands contributes to several of Bilateral the 17 SDGs, particularly SDG 16, which among other things The Netherlands worked to promote freedom of expression aims to ensure access to information and protect through its bilateral contacts and its embassies. On 2 November, fundamental freedoms. for example, Stef Blok was the keynote speaker at the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. The foreign minister underlined the importance of press freedom in free societies, calling journalism the ‘oxygen’ of any democracy.

10 https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FH_FITW_ Report_2018_Final_SinglePage.pdf | 13 | During his visits, the Dutch Human Rights Ambassador Safety is a basic prerequisite for an independent press. raised freedom of expression where necessary and possible. Without physical safety and protection, journalists cannot In Hungary, for example, he spoke to journalists in order to perform their crucial task of providing objective and learn more about their situation and about the pluralism of unbiased information. The project has also established a the Hungarian media landscape. In Malta he spoke to the fund to provide legal aid for journalists, for example by government and journalists about the murder of Daphne paying for legal representation or court costs. This puts Caruana Galizia, emphasising the importance of an journalists, especially freelancers, in a stronger position to independent legal investigation and press freedom. expose abuses. The project has a special focus on the safety of female journalists. Dutch journalists also qualify for At the bilateral level, embassies were also active on this support from the project when working abroad.12 issue. The embassy in Caracas drew attention to human rights in Venezuela, with a specific focus on press freedom, RNW Media through the World Press Photo exhibition. Dutch Another partner with whom the Netherlands collaborates representatives also attended court hearings in the case closely is RNW Media, which builds digital communities of against two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar, young people to effect social change. In their Love Matters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. At the time of their arrest they and Citizens’ Voice projects, local RNW Media teams in the were investigating a mass grave in Rakhine State. The Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and China embassy issued a critical statement in response to their amplify the voices of young people and provide them with a seven-year prison sentence, which in the view of the safe alternative online space offering reliable information, Netherlands is at odds with press freedom and the right to opportunity for dialogue and different perspectives on information.11 The Dutch representation to the UN in issues such as human rights, sexual and reproductive health Geneva organised a competition in collaboration with and rights, democracy and good governance. The platform’s OHCHR for the best cartoon inspired by one of the 30 online reach grew significantly in 2018 to 508 million views, articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. an increase of 11% on 2017.

Free Press Unlimited The Netherlands also works with Article 19 and The Netherlands has a strategic partnership with the Dutch International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), organisation Free Press Unlimited (FPU). At the initiative of two civil society organisations that aim to influence FPU hundreds of men working in the media in 14 different international policy, including that of UNESCO and the UN countries called for equal rights and opportunities for Human Rights Council. Article 19 developed the Reporting women in the media on International Women’s Day. In Attacks on Expression platform with Dutch financial many countries there is inequality in terms of the positions support. The platform helps organisations submit findings held by men and women in the media and in the way they on violations of freedom of expression to the UN are portrayed by the media. As part of the Men4Women (e.g. Special Rapporteurs) and other international campaign, men in Mali, for example, showed solidarity with organisations, focusing specifically on attacks on journalists their female colleagues in an online video campaign; in and the media. IFEX has also lobbied internationally for the Nepal, hundreds of men took to the streets in support of protection of journalists. It advised UN member states on their female colleagues, and in Bangladesh, 17 local radio Human Rights Council resolution 39/6 on the prevention of stations broadcasted a special programme on gender crime against journalists. IFEX also successfully encouraged inequality in the country. several UN member states to co-sponsor this resolution. The organisation’s activities tied in with the Netherlands’ In 2018, FPU launched its Safety for Media Professionals efforts to secure a strongly worded resolution. project, which provides security measures to allow journalists to do their job without being exposed to danger.

11 https://www.facebook.com/NLEmbassyMyanmar/photos/a.8574671 12 Enhanced collaboration with FPU implements the motion submitted 80938829/2141334375885430/?type=3&theater by MP Sjoerd Sjoerdsma (Parliamentary Paper 34 775 V, no. 26).

| 14 | © BNNRC and SACMID - Men4Women march in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 2018

Multilateral statements13 and played an important role in the drafting and adoption of the decision on the safety of journalists at UNESCO the annual ministerial meeting.14 UNESCO is an important multilateral partner in the fight against impunity for violence against journalists, and in Examples promoting freedom of expression and of access to information. UNESCO’s International Programme for the In 2018, FPU assisted 107 journalists from its Development of Communication funds projects on media Reporters Respond fund, which it established in 2011 development, the safety of journalists, access to information with Dutch support to provide rapid small-scale and gender equality in the media. In 2018, a project was financial support to journalists in emergency launched with Dutch support for monitoring and reporting situations. One example is the help FPU gave to a on the safety of journalists and access to information. The journalist – brought to the organisation’s attention findings will aid progress towards SDG 16.10 (public access by the Dutch embassy – who had to flee Yemen after to information and protection of fundamental freedoms). reporting on crimes allegedly committed by the Saudi government. Reporters Respond helped OSCE provide safe temporary accommodation for the In 2018, the OSCE established the Group of Friends for the journalist and enabled him to resume his important Safety of Journalists. The group’s aim is to keep the issue of work. The Dutch embassy and FPU worked together journalists’ safety high on the OSCE’s agenda, by making closely to provide for the journalist’s basic needs. states more aware of their own responsibility for creating a safe environment for journalists and other players in the media landscape, among other things. Since its establishment, the group has organised two events, issued two joint

13 1) https://osce.usmission.gov/on-the-launch-of-an-informal-group- of-friends-on-safety-of-journalists-within-the-osce/ and 2) https://osce.usmission.gov/on-the-international-day-to-end- impunity-for-crimes-against-journalists/ 14 https://www.osce.org/chairmanship/406538?download=true

| 15 | The Dutch embassy in Yangon awarded the local Human Rights Tulip to Maung Saungkha and his organisation Athan, which focuses on promoting freedom of expression and press freedom in Myanmar by providing training and organising demonstrations, and also by lobbying for changes to the law. Athan used the prize money to hold workshops in various parts of the country with the aim of raising awareness about the importance of freedom of expression.

The media programme in Bujumbura seeks to safeguard the future of the Burundian media sector. In 2018, the partners (Radio La Benevolencija Humanitarian Tools Foundation, RNW Media and FPU) reached an estimated 50% of the population with their broadcasts, despite a complex political context with very little space for the media. They brought people daily news and analyses of the situation in Burundi. Radio programmes on hate speech were heard by 56% of Burundian adults. The media programme has trained at least 40 journalists in various aspects of their profession, and they published some 200 reports on 16 different media outlets in 2018.

In mid-2018 Sina Weibo (one of the most popular social media platforms in China) banned LGBTI-related subjects. More than 100 accounts and 56,000 posts were taken down. Along with local partner organisations, RNW Media’s platform Love Matters China launched the #LOVEISLOVE hashtag to protest against the ban. The hashtag soon generated 4.4 million page views and 27,000 engagements. After a weekend of mass online protest, Sina Weibo withdrew its ban on LGBTI subjects.

1.2 Internet freedom Results

The Netherlands believes in an open, free and safe internet. Bilateral Protection and promotion of human rights online are In both bilateral and multilateral contexts the Netherlands embedded in the Dutch human rights policy and frequently drew attention to the importance of an open, international cyber policy (Parliamentary Paper 26 643, free and safe internet, thus consolidating its role as a leader no. 447). The basic principle of the policy is that the in internet freedom. Netherlands regards freedom and security not as opposing interests, but rather as mutually reinforcing. Universal The Human Rights Ambassador spoke on several panels at human rights apply both online and offline, with a the RightsCon conference in Toronto in May 2018, and the particular emphasis on freedom of expression, free access Dutch cyber envoy spoke at the Freedom Online Coalition to information, privacy and the protection of personal data. conference in Berlin in November. At RightsCon, the ambassador held his - by now - habitual talks with companies Unfortunately, state actors are exhibiting a growing such as Facebook and Google on how they include respect for tendency and capacity to control the digital domain, human rights in their corporate activities. in terms of both infrastructure and content. Governments increasingly hack the accounts of human rights defenders, The Netherlands also contributed to debates on topical as well as deploying advanced intimidation techniques and human rights issues related to cyberspace at the censorship. The tactics of blocking access to the internet Accountability in a Digital Age conference in The Hague16 and deliberately spreading disinformation, or of using the (May 2018) and at the Internet Governance Forum in Paris17 fight against disinformation to exercise censorship and (November 2018). It discussed the latest insights and threats violate privacy, are becoming increasingly common.15 with security specialists and civil society organisations and with other donors at RightsCon (May 2018, Canada) and the

15 https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/freedom-net-2018/ 16 https://i4ada.org/summit/ rise-digital-authoritarianism 17 https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/

| 16 | The Human Rights Ambassador taking part in a panel on online hate speech at RightsCon in Toronto

Internet Freedom Festival (March 2018, Spain), with the aim statement from being misused. The statement has since of keeping Dutch efforts focused on current needs in this been used as a point of reference for the drafting of new rapidly changing field. resolutions in a multilateral context.

The Netherlands actively raises the issue of the digital The Netherlands and seven other countries in the FOC have security of human rights defenders in these forums. been supporting the Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) Stakeholders regularly confirm that the public role that the since 2012. DDP provides guidance and small sums of money Netherlands has adopted emboldens to keep fighting for for people and organisations facing digital crises. The respect for human rights online. processes whereby human rights organisations are offered a year’s guidance by a ‘digital security fellow’ have a particularly In 2018 the issue of online disinformation came to occupy a sustained impact. The ‘digital champions’ that DDP trains prominent place on the political agenda in the Netherlands, influence their own organisation and organisations in their the EU and beyond. Online disinformation can present a region. DDP has noted that the types of organisations real threat to trust in government and in democratic approaching them for help in 2018 were becoming processes. Addressing this threat requires a considered increasingly varied, which is most likely related to human response from government, in order not to infringe on rights defenders doing more and more of their work online. freedom of expression and press freedom. In 2018, the To enhance the online safety of human rights defenders, the Netherlands made efforts to highlight this principle both Netherlands also supports Access Now’s 24/7 helpline. within and outside the EU. UN Human Rights Council Multilateral The UN Human Rights Council’s resolution on the internet and human rights came under fire in 2018, particularly from Freedom Online Coalition China and Egypt. The resolution was eventually adopted by As a founder and member of the Friends of the Chair the consensus, however, thanks in part to the joint efforts of the Netherlands is keen to see a powerful and active Freedom Netherlands, the FOC and Access Now. Some concessions Online Coalition (FOC), a thematic partnership involving had to be made, such as the removal of a passage on the 30 countries. More and more civil society organisations and misuse of the internet by terrorists, which the Netherlands individual activists are approaching FOC aiming to join wants to see addressed in UN counterterrorism forums. forces in the fight for internet freedom. Ultimately, the text remained acceptable, retaining the basic principle that human rights apply online and must be The FOC adopted a statement on internet censorship in protected.18 2018. The Netherlands successfully called for the inclusion of a definition of internet censorship in order to prevent the 18 http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_7_36.pdf

| 17 | The Netherlands also helped strengthen the UN’s privacy Council of Europe resolution, which pertains to the role of intelligence In 2018, the Netherlands signed the Protocol amending the services and companies.19 Besides taking an active role in Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to the negotiations, the Netherlands was one of the few Automatic Processing of Personal Data.21 This will benefit countries to issue a statement at the expert workshop on Dutch and European companies as the Protocol facilitates the issue in Geneva in March 2018, emphasising the fact that the exchange of data between signatories without the internationally agreed conditions regarding violation of jeopardising fundamental rights. Since countries outside privacy must be respected in the cyber domain. the Council of Europe are also party to the Convention, and can therefore be party to the Protocol, these provisions will European Union also have an impact beyond Europe. Within the EU, referring to the need for law enforcement officials to uphold fundamental freedoms, the Netherlands was the only member state in the Council to speak out against the proposed directive on the exchange of digital evidence in criminal cases because it did not include adequate safeguards for fundamental freedoms.20

Examples

One of the organisations that DDP supported in 2018 is the Yemeni Organization for Development and Exchange Technology (YODET). The organisation was struggling in the face of internet shutdowns in Yemen. Civil society organisations, activists and journalists depend on a free and open internet in order to do their important work. DDP provided the organisation’s technical centres in two cities with a free, secure internet infrastructure via a satellite link. DDP also supported the establishment of temporary mobile satellite centres in two districts, which were chosen because civil society organisations working there provide emergency assistance to displaced people, and because people have gone there to take refuge from armed confrontations. YODET now provides online safety training for human rights defenders, activists and journalists, with a specific focus on the risks they run at the many checkpoints in the country.

The embassy in Beirut supported the Internet Community in Action project, which was set up to broaden awareness of the importance of internet freedom, particularly among young people. The project also provides support for lobbying activities in favour of better legislation and policy to protect internet users and their privacy. In 2018, the project made it possible to hold the very first Internet Governance Forum in the Middle East and North Africa region. The event included an open debate on violations of freedom of expression and privacy in the fight against cybercrime. Thanks to such activities, a sustainable network has been created in which policymakers, tech companies, academics and civil society organisations can exchange knowledge and share Online safety training by the Digital Defenders Partnership their experiences of internet governance.

19 https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/G18/064/53/ PDF/G1806453.pdf?OpenElement 21 https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/ 20 See articles (in Dutch) in the NRC and FT. treaty/108

| 18 | 2 Freedom of religion and belief

The Netherlands continues to work for freedom of religion parliament on the enhancement of human rights policy and belief, and it intends to step up its efforts over the (Parliamentary Paper 32, no. 735-227). In fact, the coming years, in accordance with the motion submitted by intensification of policy on this issue is broader, and also MP Joël Voordewind et al. (Parliamentary Papers 33 694, encompasses the multi-year financial support pledged to no. 13 and 34 775 V, no. 29). The Netherlands makes no Freedom House for Protecting Belief: a Rapid Response distinction between religious groups. It is the individual’s Fund for Religious Freedom and the new grant policy right to decide whether to hold theistic, non-theistic or framework for the Human Rights Fund 2019-2021, in which atheistic beliefs, to change their belief or to hold no belief €6 million has been made available for projects on freedom at all. of religion and belief.

The Netherlands also promotes the separation of church Results and state and combats any attempts to justify restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms, such as those of women, Bilateral children and LGBTI persons, on the grounds of religious or During his visit to Iraq foreign minister Stef Blok drew the traditional values. To this end, it uses bilateral contacts and attention of the officials he met, including Prime Minister multilateral forums, and collaborates with civil society Adil Abd Al-Mahdi, foreign minister Mohamed A. Alhakim organisations. and Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, to the position of vulnerable minorities, including religious Persecution on religious grounds continues to command groups such as Christians. our attention, whether it be against Christians in the Middle East, Muslims in Myanmar, Baha’i, Jehovah’s Witnesses or The Human Rights Ambassador raised the situation of non-believers. Seventy-one countries still have laws various religious groups and non-believers in the Middle criminalising blasphemy, and at least 23 countries enforce East during his visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. laws under which apostasy is a criminal offence (USCIRF, During this visit, he also attended the 6th International December 2018). Conference of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism (in Jerusalem) and a conference on victims of ethnic and In response to the motion submitted by MP Martijn van religious violence in the Middle East. The aim of this Helvert et al., it was decided in 2018 to appoint a full-time conference was to help preserve the religious, cultural and special envoy for freedom of religion and belief. The envoy ethnic heritage of the Middle East. will be appointed before summer 2019, and will also work to ensure religion becomes a permanent focus of foreign The activities of our embassies also promote discussion of policy.22 the issue. The ambassador to Lebanon, for example, held extensive talks with the mufti of Tripoli (Lebanon) on At the meeting of 5 November 2018 between the foreign religious minorities in the country and on equal rights for minister and the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on LGBTI persons. Dutch embassies also provided a safe Foreign Affairs and the Parliamentary Committee on meeting place for discussing freedom of religion and belief, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the question which is a sensitive subject in many countries. The embassy arose as to whether the intensification of policy on freedom in Jakarta, for example, provided a platform for a wide- of religion and belief was limited to the new projects that ranging debate on Islam and democracy. After the event, Dutch embassies had launched in this field in 2018 to the it received many requests for the debate to be continued. tune of €2.5 million, as mentioned in the letter to The Dutch embassy in Turkey campaigned for the return of the Aramaic churches and church possessions that were 22 Parliamentary Paper 35 000V, no. 26, Martijn van Helvert et al., confiscated by the Turkish government. This issue has now motion of 20 November 2018 on a special envoy for freedom of religion and belief. been resolved, and the Aramaic Christian community in

| 19 | Turkey has had its churches and possessions restored to expression (Parliamentary Paper 32 735, no. 225) and the them. motion submitted by MP Kathalijne Buitenweg et al. on taking a stance against anti-Semitic remarks (Parliamentary Multilateral Paper 32 735, no. 219). Multilateral channels also remain highly useful. The EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of An example of the positive impact of Dr Shaheed’s work is Religion or Belief are an important point of reference for the introduction of a timetable for the authorities in Dutch policy. The Netherlands presses for the guidelines to Uzbekistan to promote freedom of religion and belief, be actively used and for EU delegations to be made more following his visit to the country. During the dialogue with aware of them. These points were made by the Human the rapporteur at the UN Human Rights Council in March Rights Ambassador at a conference on EU efforts in this field 2018, the Netherlands drew attention to the situation of in January 2018. The conference was attended by key players, Christians and Muslims there, and also to the Baha’i and such as the Special Envoy for Promotion of Freedom of non-believers. Religion or Belief outside the EU Ján Figel and the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, At the OSCE, the Netherlands took a leading role in Ahmed Shaheed. representing the EU’s position on freedom of religion and belief. For example, it took the lead on drafting the EU The Netherlands fully supports the mandate of both envoys. statements at the Human Dimension Implementation Indeed, in accordance with the motion submitted by MP Meeting and the statements relating to freedom of religion Martijn van Helvert et al., it argued for the renewal and and belief at the weekly Permanent Council meetings. The strengthening of the mandate of the EU Special Envoy Netherlands also advised the EU during the negotiations on (Parliamentary Paper 35 000, no. V26). Dr Shaheed can the Human Dimension: Freedom of Religion or Belief always count on the Netherlands’ support when he decision in the run-up to the OSCE Ministerial Council in emphasises that the fight against terrorism cannot be used Milan (December 2018). as an excuse for restrictions on the right to freedom of religion and belief. The UN rapporteur also rightly links The International Contact Group on Freedom of Religion religious freedom to freedom of expression. If freedom of and Belief expanded its activities in 2018, partly at the religion and belief is not respected, there can be no instigation of the Netherlands. The Contact Group, an freedom of expression. In bilateral talks and multilateral informal body established to improve cooperation between forums the Netherlands also makes the point that like-minded governments, now also meets locally, as well as criminalising criticism of a religion is incompatible with in New York and Geneva. The Netherlands took part in freedom of expression. At the same time, it objects equally meetings in Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam and other strongly when criticism takes the form of discrimination or places. The Contact Group aims to protect and promote hatemongering. Within this framework, the government is freedom of religion and belief by lifting taboos associated also implementing the motion submitted by MP Raymond with the issue, sharing experiences and creating mutual de Roon on criticism of Islam as part of freedom of understanding.

| 20 | Examples

The embassy in Georgia is working closely with a Georgian partner, using resources from the Human Rights Fund, on a series of videos promoting freedom of religion and belief, which also focus on religious LGBTI persons. Besides, the embassy continued its collaboration with the Eurasia Partnership Foundation – Armenia (EPF). The EPF got religious civil society organisations involved in a successful campaign to convince the Armenian authorities to withdraw proposed legislation that would have restricted the freedom of conscience and action of religious organisations. The debate on the legislation continues, but the draft bill now reflects international standards such as the recommendations of the OSCE and the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission.

As a member of the UN Security Council the Netherlands took part in a meeting on ‘Religious Leaders for a Safe World’ and in its intervention expressed particular concern about the situation of Christian minorities and LGBTI persons.

The Netherlands sent senior officials to the first ministerial conference on freedom of religion and belief in Washington, DC in July 2018. The conference provided an opportunity to draw attention to the situation of religious groups, including Christians and Muslims, and to that of non-believers. The Netherlands, Canada and Sweden were the only countries to speak about the position of LGBTI persons.23

23 https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/diplomatieke-verklaringen/2018/09/10/ verklaring-andre-haspels-over-ministeriele-bijeenkomst-ter-bevordering-vrijheid-van-religie-en-geloof

| 21 | 3 Equal rights for women and girls

Equal rights for women and girls is a priority in the Dutch human rights policy. Gender equality is the foundation of a fair, peaceful and prosperous world. This is reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in which SDG 5 – gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls – is acknowledged as a prerequisite for the achievement of the SDGs.

Dutch efforts focus in particular on strengthening female leadership, political participation, economic self-reliance, combating violence against women and girls, protecting them in conflict situations and enhancing the role of women in conflict prevention and peace processes.

Women and girls still face discrimination and violence all over the world. One in three women in the world encounter Minister Sigrid Kaag and Mayor Pauline Krikke launch the Orange the physical or sexual violence at some time in their life. World campaign. Women and girls are also gravely underrepresented in politics, and are often economically vulnerable. Dutch embassies and consulates also used Orange the World to draw attention to violence against women around the Results world. The embassies in Harare, Madrid, Rome and Beijing were lit in orange and panel discussions were organised in Bilateral collaboration with key stakeholders in a number of countries, including Thailand, Uganda and Canada. Orange the World The Netherlands responded again in 2018 to the call from Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women UN Women to halt violence against women and girls by The Netherlands funds civil society organisations that joining the international Orange the World – 16 Days of campaign for equal rights for women and girls through Activism – campaign. This year, the MeToo movement several programmes. It administers the Funding Leadership provided an opportunity for victims of violence to tell their and Opportunities for Women (FLOW) programme, for stories, and the campaign sent a strong message of support example, which focuses on strengthening female political to all those working to end violence against women. In the leadership, promoting economic participation by women Netherlands 13 public buildings, including the iconic and combating violence against women. As part of this Binnenhof complex (see photo below), were lit in the programme, over 13,500 women in Ghana, Rwanda, campaign colour orange for 16 days.24 Bangladesh and Pakistan received leadership training in 2018. Currently, 31% of them are in leadership positions, and 83% say they feel more confident about taking part in local government.

Leading from the South Another programme which the Netherlands funds is Leading from the South (LfS). In 2018, LfS supported 122 women’s organisations in 67 countries. LfS helps women’s rights groups to scale up their strategies for promoting women’s 24 https://www.ad.nl/den-haag/ binnenhof-kleurt-oranje-voor-hearmetoo~a66b8a81/ political, social and economic self-reliance. The Argentinian

| 22 | Catholic organisation Cátolicas por el Derecho a Decidir states, the conclusions included strongly worded passages used LfS funding to launch campaigns for legislation on safe on female human rights defenders, land rights for women abortion in Argentina. Although in 2018 the Argentinian and access to economic and natural resources for women Senate voted against a new law which would have allowed and girls. safe abortion, the campaign did succeed in putting the subject back on the political agenda. With resolutions on discrimination and violence against women and girls and female genital mutilation, the UN National Action Plan fund Human Rights Council session of June 2018 was all about The Netherlands also funds eight Dutch consortia working gender. The Netherlands led negotiations on violence with local organisations in Afghanistan, Colombia, the against women on behalf of the EU, putting it in a good Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen position to ensure that the resolution contained strong and South Sudan on the subject of women, peace and language on online violence against women and girls. security, using resources from the National Action Plan The Netherlands also co-sponsored the resolution on (NAP) fund. discrimination against women, the strongest to date on this issue. It was for example the first resolution to include the term ‘bodily autonomy’.

At its September session, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution, with active support from the Netherlands and partner NGOs, on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights in humanitarian settings. The resolution calls on states to live up to their responsibilities as regards the desperate plight facing women and girls humanitarian crises, and draws attention to root causes, such as patriarchal value systems.

In 2018 the Kingdom of the Netherlands also used its membership of the UN Security Council to campaign for equal rights for women and girls, under the theme of women, peace and security. The need to strengthen the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution was consistently highlighted in interventions and negotiations. Thanks in part to the Netherlands’ proactive stance, a large number of female representatives of civil society were Multilateral invited to brief the Security Council. This was made possible partly thanks to a Dutch financial contribution to the New United Nations York-based Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. One important result in 2018 was the adoption by consensus of the Franco-Dutch UN General Assembly resolution on On International Women’s Day, Minister for Foreign Trade violence against women. Collaboration with like-minded and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag chaired a countries and strategic partners from civil society was a vital Security Council session attended mainly by female element of this process. This was furthermore the first time representatives. This was the first time in history that a that a resolution recognised sexual harassment as a form of majority of the members of the Security Council were violence against women and girls. The resolution calls on represented by women. The session chaired by Ms Kaag countries to tackle the underlying, systemic causes of sexual renewed the mandate of the UN mission in Afghanistan by harassment in the workplace and in public spaces. consensus, through a resolution initiated by the Netherlands which put additional emphasis on the The 62nd meeting of the Commission on the Status of importance of women’s participation in the peace process. Women (CSW) in March focused on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in rural areas. More so There was special attention for the use of sanctions to than in previous years, UN member states took human prevent and combat sexual violence. In this context, the rights as a basis, ensuring that for the first time the human Kingdom of the Netherlands organised an informal rights approach was firmly embedded in the CSW’s Agreed Arria-formula session of the Security Council on this matter, Conclusions. Thanks in part to the constructive input of the which helped ensure that sexual violence was included as EU, with the Netherlands as one of the most active member grounds for sanctions in the sanctions regimes for South

| 23 | Sudan, Libya and Somalia. These efforts were further Latin America and the Pacific. Furthermore, in December bolstered by a financial contribution to the office of the the EU Council of Ministers adopted its first conclusions on Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Women, Peace and Security.25 From the outset, the Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, and by Dutch-funded Netherlands has been a strong supporter of these training to improve UN member states’ reporting on sexual conclusions, which reaffirmed a strategic approach for EU violence in conflict situations. policy and actions on strengthening the role of women in peace processes and security issues. As co-initiator of UN Security Council resolution 1325, the Netherlands also invested in programmes designed to Council of Europe increase participation by women and girls in peace The Netherlands was active on the issue of equal rights for processes, and to enhance the protection of women and women and girls at the Council of Europe in various ways in girls in conflicts. In 2018 the Netherlands supported the 2018, including at the three-day World Forum for Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund in Mali, which Democracy, which in 2018 was devoted to gender equality provides support for local organisations run by women. and women’s rights. There was a special focus on public, political and economic participation by women and European Union combating violence against women. At the summer session Gender equality is one of the European Union’s of the Council’s Parliamentary Assembly, the Dutch fundamental values. The Netherlands does its utmost to Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe spoke at ensure that the EU promotes its agreed policy actively and the meeting on Women’s Contribution to Global Peace in unanimously. This policy includes emphasis on the Implementing United Nations Resolution 1325: Women, importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights, Peace and Security. He emphasised the Netherlands’ efforts and the right of every individual to have full control over for the implementation of this resolution at national, and make free and responsible decisions about their regional and global level. Finally, the Netherlands sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, free of successfully lobbied for the candidacy of Aleid van den discrimination, coercion or violence. In 2018, with Dutch Brink, who in 2018 became the first Dutch member of the support and in collaboration with the United Nations, the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women EU launched the Spotlight Initiative to end violence against and Domestic Violence (GREVIO), which monitors women and girls through large-scale targeted actions in five compliance with the Istanbul Convention.26 regions: Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean,

25 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/12/10/ women-peace-and-security-council-adopts-conclusions/ 26 Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, https://rm.coe.int/ CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?docum entId=0900001680462530

| 24 | Examples

In 2018, the Dutch embassy in Azerbaijan completed a project promoting political leadership among a group of female politicians and activists in the form of training, intensive mentoring, a fellowship in the Netherlands and networking events. A book was also published to help disseminate knowledge about political leadership by and for women in Azerbaijan.

The Women in Front project promoted political participation by women in Lebanon. With Dutch support, the project encouraged women to stand as candidates in the 2018 parliamentary elections. Although political representation by women is still low in Lebanon, the number of female candidates was higher than ever before (86 out of 597 candidates). The project also included a report that made specific recommendations for prospective female candidates for the 2022 elections.

More than 20 women are raped every day in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean parliament and the Netherlands joined forces to draw attention to this fact. This collaboration ensured that the parliament building was lit up in orange during the Orange the World campaign. The Dutch embassy also hung skirts symbolising female victims of violence on washing lines in the streets of Gweru, Masvingo, Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare. These activities drew mass attention to the problem of violence against women, with the aim of highlighting the seriousness of the problem, and prompting debate on the issue.

The Netherlands organised exhibitions in various towns in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia to draw attention to trafficking in women and girls. The exhibitions brought together the police, public prosecution services, municipal governments, MPs and civil society organisations.

Skirts were hung in the streets of Harare to draw attention to female victims of violence

| 25 | 4 Human rights defenders and space for civil society

Human rights defenders and an active civil society are vital room for freedom of expression and freedom of association for free and open societies. Support for and protection of and assembly since the ‘velvet revolution’ of May 2018. human rights defenders, who are regarded as catalysts of Some cautious positive steps have been taken in change, is therefore a priority of Dutch human rights policy. Uzbekistan, too, creating more space for dissident voices. Human rights defenders and civil society also play a crucial The Netherlands is in dialogue with all these countries, role in achieving the SDGs, as they give a voice to speaking out against negative trends and supporting marginalised groups and individuals. In 2018 the positive developments. Netherlands invested in the sustainedpresence, resilience and innovative methods of human rights defenders and Results civil society. Bilateral To support the legitimacy of their activities to protect Increasingly severe restrictions are being placed on freedom human rights, the Netherlands gives public recognition to of association and assembly and freedom of expression in a human rights defenders and civil society organisations, growing number of countries.27 The work of human rights including at the political level. This is always done with the defenders and civil society organisations is being consent of the human rights defenders in question. During deliberately and systematically hampered by restrictive their visits to places like Iraq, Indonesia, Myanmar, Jordan, legislation that unnecessarily and unjustifiably limits Kuwait, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Territories and fundamental freedoms. This downward trend is being Turkey, ministers Stef Blok and Sigrid Kaag met human fuelled by a number of factors: the cutting off of funding, rights defenders and civil society organisations. The prime stigmatisation and criminalisation of the work of human minister met human rights defenders and civic leaders in rights defenders, and a worsening climate of impunity in Apartadó, Colombia to discuss the difficult conditions in which perpetrators of violence and intimidation no longer which they work, and he referred to these talks during his fear any consequences of their actions. Many human rights bilateral meeting with Colombian President Iván Duque. defenders face physical violence, digital security risks, arrest Deputy Prime Minister Carola Schouten, also Minister of and other forms of intimidation. The number of recorded Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, spoke to human murders of human rights defenders was higher than ever rights organisations during the same visit to Colombia. before in 2018.28 People and organisations who campaign During his visits to Hungary and Israel and the Palestinian on issues like LGBTI rights, the human rights of women and Territories, the Human Rights Ambassador drew attention girls, and protections for the human and natural to the restrictions on civil society and the protection of environment are often at the greatest risk. human rights defenders.

In 2018, a negative development could be seen for example Whenever possible, the Netherlands raises the position of in Nicaragua and Burundi, where organisations working for human rights defenders in Iran and Saudi Arabia, in both a human rights were forced to suspend their activities or even bilateral and a multilateral context. In these meetings it permanently close their doors. This negative trend can also raises specific, individual cases, as it did for example in be seen in Europe, where the independent role of civil response to the conviction of Iranian human rights lawyer society organisations and the press is under threat in several Nasrin Sotoudeh (ref. Karabulut/Ploumen motion, countries. There were positive developments in Ethiopia, Parliamentary Paper 21 501-02, no. 1996). The government where the government showed a willingness to reconsider also supports the motion submitted by MPs Lilianne restrictions, and in Armenia, where there has been more Ploumen and Sadet Karabulut calling on the Saudi authorities to release human rights defenders immediately 27 CIVICUS, ‘People Power Under Attack, a global analysis of threats to (Parliamentary Paper 21 501-02, no. 1993). Within the fundamental freedoms’, November 2018. framework of the European Union, the Netherlands raised 28 Frontline Defenders, Global Analysis 2018, 7 January 2019, the issue of the arrest of human rights defenders and https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/resource-publication/ global-analysis-2018 concerns about the broader human rights situation in Saudi

| 26 | Arabia. Seven of the women’s rights activists who had been organisations so they can continue their work despite the arrested were released temporarily in early May 2019. restrictions and risks they face, and increase their influence and popular support.

To make it clear that the prosecution of human rights defenders does not go unnoticed, staff from the embassies in China, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Myanmar, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Israel, South Korea, Honduras, Tanzania, Russia, Thailand, the Philippines, Moldova and the representation to the Palestinian Authority attended human rights defenders’ trials. Dutch diplomats are not admitted to trials in all countries. They were for example refused admission to courts in Iran and Vietnam. In the second half of 2018, the embassy was no longer able to attend trials in Saudi Arabia.

Every year on and around 10 December, International Human Rights Day, Dutch embassies organise activities and events that as far as possible involve human rights defenders and the broader civil society. In 2018, around 55 embassies showed human rights films, with the help of Dutch organisation Movies that Matter. The films, which often center around stories about and by human rights defenders, are used to encourage debate about freedom, justice and equality. The Netherlands also helps enhance the Prime Minister Mark Rutte talks to a local community leader during his visit visibility and legitimacy of human rights defenders by giving to Apartadó in Colombia them a platform at the Human Rights Tulip award ceremony. In the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Dutch embassies stay in regular contact with human rights Declaration of Human Rights, and the 20th anniversary year defenders and civil society organisations in order to remain of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the abreast of the latest developments and to listen to their Minister of Foreign Affairs awarded the Human Rights Tulip concerns. The Netherlands also raises human rights to Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, former UN High Commissioner for violations, individual cases and restrictions on the freedom Human Rights.29 The embassies in Kyiv, Tbilisi, Baghdad, of association and assembly and other fundamental Kabul and Yangon also each honoured a human rights freedoms with the relevant authorities. It does so both via defender with a ‘local’ Human Rights Tulip, offering them its embassies in the countries in question, and during funding and other types of support to enable them to international visits. A careful decision is taken as to which continue or expand their valuable work. An evaluation instrument is most appropriate in each case, whether a revealed that embassies see the local Human Rights Tulip as written memorandum, a discussion behind closed doors a welcome and effective policy tool that enables them to (sometimes with other EU partners) or a public declaration give visible support to human rights defenders, often in issued with like-minded countries. Embassies also advise collaboration with other civil society partners, and raises human rights defenders and civil society organisations in the Netherlands’ human rights profile. need about the possibility of applying for emergency funding from for example the ProjectDefenders Shelter City project consortium, which is funded by the EU, or the Lifeline Fund, In 2018, 20 human rights defenders from 15 countries were to which the Netherlands and other countries contribute. given refuge in 11 Dutch cities as part of the Shelter City project run by the Dutch organisation Justice and Peace. The With its Human Rights Fund the Netherlands supports project helps human rights defenders, including journalists, projects that help human rights defenders. Support might, for example, take the form of organising and giving access 29 See also the government’s response to the request from the to an international or domestic network, providing training House of 4 September 2018 (ref. 2018Z15225) for a letter setting and measures to help improve the security of human rights out the procedure for the award of the Human Rights Tulip in 2018 defenders, or assistance in influencing policy or providing (Letter to Parliament on the Enhancement of Human Rights Policy effective communication on fundamental values and (Parliamentary Paper 32 735, no. 227)) and the response to questions freedom in the local community. The overarching goal is to from MPs Martijn van Helvert and Pieter Omtzigt on the award of a special Human Rights Tulip to High Commissioner for Human Rights strengthen human rights defenders and civil society Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein (ref. 2018D41938).

| 27 | In Baghdad the Human Rights Tulip was awarded to human rights defender Rawan Salim Hussein environmental activists, lawyers and LGBTI activists who are Law (ICNL). ICNL supports and trains local civil society under serious threat as a result of their efforts to promote organisations to enable them to identify and address laws or human rights, and who would benefit from a three-month bills that restrict the activities of civil society or how to deal period away from the pressure they experience. These with such legislation more effectively. human rights defenders are offered a customised training programme, tailored to their particular situation, which The Strategic Partnerships in the ‘Dialogue and Dissent’ focuses on subjects like physical and digital security, mental policy framework focus on strengthening local civil society resilience and networking. The Shelter City network was organisations’ ability to engage in advocacy and exert also able to offer shelter to Saif-ul-Malook, lawyer to Asia influence. The Netherlands funds Strategic Partnerships Bibi, the Pakistani Christian convicted of blasphemy. with civil society organisations that have expertise on certain issues, such as women’s rights, minorities, the Through its embassies, the Netherlands provides both climate and other aspects of sustainable development. financial and diplomatic support for international Shelter Two Strategic Partnerships focus specifically on human City locations in Tbilisi, Dar es Salaam and San José. These rights defenders who campaign for the environment. international locations allow more human rights defenders These alliances work with local organisations, helping them to find a temporary safe haven. Shelter City San José, which to engage in talks with the authorities, industry, religious opened in 2018, welcomed 14 human rights defenders from leaders and others in society. Sometimes this takes the form Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala. In Tbilisi shelter was of dialogue (e.g. offering advice to these bodies), and provided for 33 human rights defenders from Tajikistan, sometimes it takes the form of dissent (e.g. raising Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and objections to human rights violations). Kazakhstan. Dar es Salaam offered safe refuge to 30 human rights defenders from Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Multilateral Republic of the Congo. The Netherlands supports Justice and Peace’s efforts to further expand this international European Union network, and to share its knowledge and expertise with In 2018, the EU again issued joint statements condemning other cities and potential partners. human rights violations, and drawing attention to individual cases and the growing restrictions on civil society CIVICUS, ICNL and Dialogue and Dissent organisations. The Netherlands supports CIVICUS, an international alliance of more than 400 civil society organisations that together Representations of EU member states at the Council of analyse the restrictions on civil society organisations around Europe issued a statement highlighting the violence and the world and campaign for the protection of fundamental threats towards human rights defender Oleg Kozlovsky, and freedoms. In 2018, the Netherlands also entered into a calling on the Russian authorities to live up to their partnership with the International Center for Not-for-profit responsibility to protect human rights defenders.

| 28 | In November, the EU condemned the murder of human United Nations rights defender and lawyer Benjamin Tarug Ramos in the In a UN context, the Netherlands seized various Philippines. A local statement issued by the delegations of opportunities to call on countries to fulfil their the EU member states in Manila called on the authorities to responsibility to protect human rights defenders, for find and prosecute those responsible for his murder. example the 20th anniversary celebrations of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders in New York on The EU issued several statements regarding developments in 18 December 2018. The Netherlands denounces reprisals Nicaragua in 2018, condemning the use of disproportionate against people with critical or dissenting views, highlighting force against peaceful protesters and the decision by the the need to protect human rights defenders and the authorities to close the office of the High Commissioner for growing restrictions that are making it increasingly difficult Human Rights. for civil society organisations to operate. It did so, for instance, in the context of the Universal Periodic Review, in Within the EU, too, we must be aware of the shrinking space statements to the UN Human Rights Council (independently for civil society. In 2018, the EU Agency for Fundamental or through the EU) and in negotiations on relevant Rights published a report in which it concluded that certain resolutions. As a member of the core group, the governments were creating legal and practical obstacles that Netherlands lobbied for progressive language in the UN hamper the work of human rights defenders.30 General Assembly resolution in support of a General Assembly resolution on the OHCHR guidelines for states concerning the right to participate in public affairs.31

Examples

In Kazakhstan a project was launched to train and connect young human rights defenders from various regions. The programme also includes the possibility of financial support for lobbying by young activists. This constitutes a direct investment by the Netherlands in the diversity and involvement of civil society.

The embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo supports local organisations assisting human rights defenders in the Kivu region in the east of the country and lobbying local authorities for better legal protection for human rights defenders and journalists. These projects provided financial assistance and security for 64 human rights defenders, and set up protective mechanisms for human rights defenders campaigning for protection of the environment and the ecosystem in the region’s national park.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia, the Netherlands supports projects designed to strengthen the position and role of female human rights defenders. They face violence, threats and smear campaigns, not only because of their individual role in promoting human rights, but also as a collective. The projects have established collective protection mechanisms for women, taking account of gender-specific challenges. The Netherlands is thus helping to provide a safer working environment, paying specific attention to the importance of women human rights defenders.

In Sri Lanka ICNL helped civil society organisations to engage in constructive dialogue with the authorities on plans for amendments to the Voluntary Social Service Organizations Act. The authorities sought to justify their plans for restrictive legislation with reference to outdated Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, designed to curb money laundering and the funding of terrorism. With the support of ICNL, civil society organisations brought the revised FATF standards to the attention of the authorities, and eventually the ministry responsible dropped the amendments.

30 https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2018/ 31 Guidelines for States on the effective implementation of the right to challenges-facing-civil-society-orgs-human-rights-eu participate in public affairs, https://undocs.org/A/HRC/39/28

| 29 | 5 Equal rights for LGBTI persons

Everyone should be able to be themselves, irrespective of Bilateral who they are or who they love. Promoting LGBTI rights is Equal rights for LGBTI persons are regularly raised during therefore one of the priorities of Dutch human rights policy. bilateral meetings by ministers and high-ranking officials, The Netherlands works particularly to decriminalise including the Human Rights Ambassador. This occurred homosexuality, combat discrimination and violence and during visits to Hungary, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, South promote social acceptance. Africa, China and Japan, for example. This often happens behind the scenes, in the form of ‘silent diplomacy’. At the LGBTI persons suffer discrimination and exclusion all over meeting between the foreign minister and the Permanent the world. In 2018, alarming reports were received from Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Tanzania, Chechnya, Indonesia, Egypt and other places Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Trade and about discrimination against and persecution of LGBTI Development Cooperation in November 2018, more persons. There was also more positive news however, such information was requested on how the government choses as the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India, a law to between silent or public diplomacy, particularly when it protect transsexual and intersex people in Pakistan and a comes to LGBTI persons. Details of the activities of the ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Equal Rights Coalition in 2018 were also requested. confirming equal rights for LGBTI persons in the entire region. Especially in times of growing resistance to LGBTI In many cases, publicly calling attention to the situation of rights and decreasing space for civil society, these positive LGBTI persons is counterproductive. Criticism from a developments are a boost to LGBTI persons and Western country can reinforce the perception that this is a organisations, encouraging them to continue their efforts ‘Western issue’, possibly boosting support for those who to improve the situation. oppose equal rights for LGBTI persons. This is why the government works closely with civil society organisations Policy on this priority is being stepped up during this such as COC Nederland. The Netherlands works with local government’s term in office, with a specific focus on LGBTI organisations through its embassies. These transgender and intersex persons, who are among the most organisations are best placed to assess whether public vulnerable within the broader LGBTI community. Many action will have the desired effect and when silent countries have very few transgender and intersex human diplomacy would have more impact. They also indicate rights defenders, which makes the need for support and which country or organisation can most effectively convey regional networks all the greater. The Netherlands will the message. This will differ depending on the country and promote the exchange of knowledge and sharing of situation. These kinds of considerations are also relevant to experiences to support the development of local organisations. areas other than LGBTI rights. The government will also continue to step up its cooperation with the private sector to promote equal rights for LGBTI Equal Rights Coalition persons internationally. The considerations mentioned above also play a role in the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) established by the Netherlands Results and Uruguay. The broadness of this coalition is an As in previous years, the Netherlands has remained a tireless advantage, as it consists of a partnership between several defender of equal rights for LGBTI persons. The Netherlands countries in several regions. Over the past year the coalition has further strengthened its already high profile on this issued public statements concerning the inhuman issue by playing an active role both bilaterally and treatment of LGBTI people and the decriminalisation of multilaterally, lending support to civil society and homosexuality in India. Canada and Chile led the coalition collaborating with international organisations and the as co-chairs in 2018, the highlight of which was the biennial private sector. Global Conference on LGBTI Human Rights and Inclusive Development, which took place in Vancouver, and to which the Netherlands participated at the ministerial level. The

| 30 | Netherlands continues to play an active role in the ERC, Under equal rights policy, the Ministry of Education, Culture co-chairing the working group on international diplomacy and Science offers additional support for the activities of and sitting on the Executive Committee. Luxembourg, European LGBTI networks, including ILGA-Europe, Iceland, Denmark, Cyprus and Cabo Verde all joined the ERC IGLYO-Europe, Transgender Europe and IHLIA LGBT in 2018. Cabo Verde is the first African country to become a Heritage. member of the coalition. Multilateral Dutch embassies supported several projects by local LGBTI The Netherlands also actively campaigns to get equal rights organisations in 2018, providing financial contributions and for LGBTI persons on the agenda of multilateral organisations offering a safe setting for meetings. Several embassies also and to make progress on the issue. Over the past year it spoke took part in Pride parades to show political support for the out at the EU, the OSCE and the Council of Europe about LGBTI movement and to raise the visibility and boost the violations of the rights of LGBTI persons. One example in the safety of LGBTI persons. The Netherlands seeks collaboration OSCE context was the introduction of a fact-finding with various actors in these efforts, including companies, mechanism – known as the Moscow Mechanism – in response religious organisations, cities and other local organisations. to human rights violations in Chechnya, focused among Along with Workplace Pride, the Netherlands brought other things on violations of the rights of LGBTI persons. together companies and LGBTI organisations in Hong Kong, The Netherlands joined with 15 other countries to ensure the Moscow and other cities to underscore the role of companies mechanism was deployed. The final report confirmed a on this issue. Companies have a responsibility to respect number of human rights violations had been perpetrated and human rights both in the workplace and elsewhere. made recommendations to Russia to tackle them.33 Over the past few years, the Netherlands has spoken out at the As in previous years, a group of LGBTI activists were invited Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development to participate in Amsterdam Pride through the Ministry of (OECD) about the economic dimension of LGBTI rights. Partly Foreign Affairs’ Influentials Programme, which is in response to this, in March 2019 the OECD paid specific administered by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) attention to this matter in its biennial report on social in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture and indicators.34 The Netherlands also seconded an expert on Science. This time, the invitation was extended to LGBTI LGBTI rights to the EU. activists who focus on religion and LGBTI rights in Africa and the Middle East. The programme helped the activists Unfortunately, unanimity on the importance of equal rights acquire knowledge and skills that will allow them to work for LGBTI persons cannot be taken for granted in the EU. more effectively for the protection and promotion of equal Negotiations on the annual Council Conclusions on the rights for LGBTI persons in their own countries. Besides, application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights several LGBTI human rights defenders temporarily stayed in reached an impasse when Poland withheld its consent to a the Netherlands as part of the Shelter City initiative. reference to equal rights for LGBTI persons. With Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Grapperhaus in COC Nederland an initiating role, the conclusions were subsequently COC is a strategic partner in efforts to achieve our human adopted in the form of Presidency Conclusions, and rights priority of equal rights for LGBTI people. The goal of endorsed by almost all EU member states. the partnership is to support local LGBTI organisations in countries like Vietnam, Ghana and Belize, enabling them to At the UN, the Independent Expert on sexual orientation become and remain active locally, campaigning for equal and gender identity (SOGI), Victor Madrigal-Borloz, rights for LGBTI persons. This involves, among other things, published two reports on the position of LGBTI persons supporting organisations that help fight legal cases and worldwide in 2018. The second report specifically examines bring about changes in the law on LGBTI issues. COC the recognition of gender identity.35 The Netherlands is a Nederland also offers support to local LGBTI organisations strong supporter of the work of the Independent Expert, and human rights defenders as part of this partnership, to and will back the renewal of his mandate in 2019. Towards enable them to stand up for their own rights at multilateral the end of 2018, the Netherlands made a new contribution organisations such as the UN Human Rights Council, the to OHCHR, intended among other things to strengthen African Commission on Human Rights and Peoples’ Rights collaboration with business partners on equal rights for established by the African Union, the OSCE and the LGBTI persons. Organization of American States (OAS). The partnership allows COC Nederland to reach around 115 LGBTI organisations in over 16 countries.32 33 https://www.osce.org/permanent-council/407513 34 http://www.oecd.org/social/society-at-a-glance-19991290.htm 32 https://international.coc.nl/ 35 http://undocs.org/A/HRC/35/36 and http://undocs.org/A/72/172

| 31 | Examples

In Vietnam, the Dutch embassy works with local LGBTI organisations and COC Nederland to support local civil society in the fight for equal rights for LGBTI persons. In 2018, this resulted among other things in a campaign in schools to highlight LGBTI discrimination, input from local organisations for national anti-discrimination legislation, and participation by those organisations in multilateral human rights mechanisms such as the Universal Periodic Review. The embassy also took part in local Pride parades to show the Netherlands’ support for equal rights.

Dutch ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman at Hanoi Pride 2018.

The Dutch embassy in South Africa highlighted the criminalisation of homosexuality in many African countries, in connection with International Human Rights Day (10 December). This action included the exhibiting of the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, the first time that the project had been presented in Africa. This, together with a number of other activities and debates, ensured that the human rights network in South Africa is now more aligned with cultural networks.

In North Macedonia the Netherlands set up working groups in three cities to foster a dialogue on the issue of LGBTI discrimination, bringing together representatives of the local authorities, the police and civil society.

| 32 | 6 Promoting the international legal order / the fight against impunity

The development of the international legal order is debate on the recognition of genocide perpetrated by ISIS. enshrined as a goal in the Dutch constitution. In the The results of these efforts are reflected in UN reports, which Integrated International Security Strategy, the government now routinely refer to ‘possible genocide’. This includes the states that promoting the international legal order and an recent UN report on mass graves in Iraq.36 37 effective multilateral system are vital to the security of the Netherlands. A strong commitment to the rule of law and a Syria climate of justice, with an adequate system of international The Netherlands further consolidated its profile as a standards with the requisite institutions, together provide supporter of the investigation of crimes committed in Syria. the basis for peace and democracy, and the safeguarding of In 2018, it was the biggest donor to the International, human rights. From this perspective, in the framework of Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the human rights policy, too, the Netherlands helps to promote Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the international legal order and the fight against impunity. the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 Results (IIIM), the evidence database for Syria. The Netherlands also organised several meetings between Syrian civil society Iraq organisations and the IIIM, which led to a cooperation In 2018 the Netherlands took a lead role in facilitating and protocol. At the initiative of the Netherlands, the IIIM and pushing for the investigation of crimes committed by ISIS in European national prosecutors met to promote the actual Iraq, building on its support in 2017 for UN Security Council prosecution of offenders. Finally, the Netherlands resolution 2379, establishing an international team of continued to call for the UN Security Council to refer the investigators to gather evidence of genocide, crimes against situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court. humanity and war crimes possibly committed by ISIS in Iraq. Thanks in part to Dutch efforts, the Organisation for the The Netherlands also contributed €500,000 to the Trust Fund Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) received a of the United Nations Investigative Team for Accountability mandate to publicly state who is responsible for the poison for Da’esh (UNITAD), earmarked for witness protection and gas attacks in Syria. Previously, the OPCW was only able to support for victims and survivors of a possible genocide. The establish whether a chemical attack had occurred. Netherlands also lobbied for expansion of the mandate of the UN mission in Iraq to include support for the Iraqi authorities Myanmar in national prosecutions of ISIS. The Netherlands also drew The International Criminal Court launched a preliminary attention in a bilateral and international context to the need investigation into the deportation of Rohingya from to comply with international procedural standards in the Myanmar to Bangladesh. In addition to this, the prosecution of ISIS fighters and expressed concerns about government repeatedly called on the UN Security Council to capital punishment. In parallel, the government refer the entire situation in Myanmar to the International systematically called on Iraq to accept the jurisdiction of the Criminal Court. It will continue to do so in 2019 (in accordance International Criminal Court. In line with the motions with the motion submitted by MPs Tunahan Kuzu and submitted by MPs Sadet Karabulut and Lilianne Ploumen Kirsten van den Hul, Parliamentary Paper 32 735, no. 233). (Parliamentary Paper 34775, no. 60) and by MPs Pieter The Netherlands also successfully lobbied the Human Rights Omtzigt and Martijn van Helvert, the Netherlands will continue to press for the prosecution of ISIS fighters suspected of genocide. Attempts to do so via the UN, or with 36 https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews. a coalition of the willing, are unlikely to succeed, however, aspx?NewsID=23831&LangID=E 37 In accordance with the motion submitted by MP Joël Voordewind on the given the political context. The Netherlands also led the recognition of genocide by ISIS (Parliamentary Paper 32 623, no. 193).

| 33 | Council to establish a mechanism for gathering evidence to International Criminal Court prevent the loss of witness statements and other evidence. To bring an end to impunity for crimes against international The Netherlands helped to ensure that this mechanism, the law, more countries must accede to the Rome Statute. Since Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), the start of 2018, the Netherlands has been a focal point for will be funded from the mandatory UN budget. At universality at the ICC. In this capacity it focuses in appropriate bilateral meetings and multilateral forums, the particular on Asia, the most underrepresented region at the government consistently urges Myanmar to allow the UN ICC. Another priority is collaboration between the States Refugee Agency and the UN Development Programme Parties and the Court. The Netherlands and the ICC have access, and to create conditions for the safe, voluntary and launched an arrest warrants contact group to improve permanent return of refugees. In addition to these efforts in collaboration on arrest and extradition between countries an international context, the Minister for Foreign Trade and and the Court. The Netherlands also worked to strengthen Development Cooperation used her bilateral visit to cooperation between the ICC and the UN Security Council, Myanmar to underline the importance of justice to the organising a successful Arria-formula session on this issue. Myanmar authorities. The meeting was co-sponsored by the eight States Parties to the Rome Statute on the Security Council. Yemen In 2018, the Netherlands again pressed for accountability for 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute violations of international law in Yemen. A core group of countries (Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg and the 2018 was the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, Netherlands) managed to convince the UN Human Rights which established the International Criminal Court, Council to renew the mandate of the UN Group of Eminent the world’s first permanent court for the Experts for another year.38 prosecution of international crimes. 122 states are now party to the Rome Statute. International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) The ICMP helps locate and identify missing persons all over Prior to the annual assembly, the Netherlands the world. In 2017-2018, the Netherlands supported the organised a high-level meeting to mark the work of the Hague-based organisation and contributed anniversary on the theme of challenges facing the financially to its programme in Iraq. It also committed to ICC.39 At the meeting Dutch foreign minister Stef funding the ICMP structurally over the coming years, thus Blok committed an extra one million euros to the implementing the motion submitted by MP Harry van Court’s Trust Fund for Victims. This money is Bommel (Parliamentary Paper 32 735V, no. 165). earmarked for restitution payments to former child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Courts and tribunals and support for victims of sexual violence in the The Netherlands continued its efforts in 2018 to ensure that Central African Republic. the special international courts and tribunals and their residual mechanisms can function independently and effectively. It contributed to the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, for example, to ensure it could continue its work (managing archives, protecting witnesses and dealing with unforeseen legal proceedings). The Netherlands was also active as a member of the Group of Friends of the Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. This group of countries exerts pressure on the authorities in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia to prosecute remaining war criminals. The Netherlands also highlighted to the UN Security Council the problem of genocide denial and the Gambian justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou speaking on the glorification of war criminals in these countries. importance of the International Criminal Court at the high-level event.

39 For a report on the annual assembly, see the letter to parliament of 5 December 2018 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the 38 https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G18/296/70/ Minister of Justice and Security on the Annual Assembly of States PDF/G1829670.pdf?OpenElement Parties to the Rome Statute (Parliamentary Paper 28 498, no. 43).

| 34 | Responsibility to Protect States and the international community have a responsibility to protect civilian populations from serious crimes – genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing – as laid down in the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) principle adopted unanimously by the UN member states in 2015.

The first formal debate on RtoP was held in September 2017 by the UN General Assembly. The Netherlands intervened as co-sponsor of the annual Interactive Dialogue on RtoP, which this year had as its key theme the impact of UN peace operations on preventing crimes against humanity. To consolidate efforts on this issue, the Netherlands and like-minded countries also signed a letter to the UN Secretary-General calling for RtoP to be included in the formal agenda for the 73rd session of the General Assembly.40 The Secretary-General approved the request, a token of recognition of the importance of RtoP and the dialogue on long-term stability and prevention.

The Netherlands helped to ensure that several Security Council and Human Rights Council resolutions refer to RtoP, and in interventions repeatedly referred to the importance of early warning and early action. In its capacity as co-chair of a group of like-minded countries in Geneva (Group of Friends of RtoP), the Netherlands underlined the importance of information exchange and implementation.

The Netherlands also continued its multi-annual financial support for leading civil society organisations such as the New York-based Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation.

40 Afghanistan, Denmark, Guatemala, Japan, Ukraine, Romania, Rwanda and Uruguay.

| 35 | 7 Human rights in policy on foreign trade and development cooperation

The human rights approach plays a central role in the say in decision-making and development processes, Netherlands’ foreign policy and therefore also in its BHOS and cannot effectively hold governments accountable. policy. The approach is designed to integrate the norms, principles, standards and goals of the international human Civil society organisations are key representatives of the rights system into BHOS policy. interests and rights of vulnerable groups. With its ‘Dialogue and Dissent’ policy programme, the Netherlands supports Dutch BHOS policy is based on the 2030 Agenda for civil society organisations in low- and middle-income Sustainable Development and the associated SDGs, which countries that encourage the authorities and companies to were drafted in conjunction with and on the basis of a be more transparent and accountable, and thus enhance human rights approach, and are therefore intended to help their legitimacy. achieve international human rights and labour rights for all. The motto ‘leave no one behind’ stems from the human Civil society organisations have a key role to play in rights approach, core elements of which are equality and promoting more social equality and human security. They non-discrimination. also function as a watchdog, ensuring that the practices of governments and companies become more inclusive. Civil The Netherlands has opted for the human rights approach society is under pressure all over the world, as restrictions based on its conviction that respect for human rights is a are placed on freedom of expression, association and prerequisite for sustainable development, as envisaged in assembly. Against this backdrop governments miss the the SDG agenda. The reverse also applies: achieving the opportunity to make their policies more inclusive, more SDGs will help ensure greater respect for human rights. efficient and more transparent, in consultation with their Respect for human rights and stronger development also citizens. eliminate some of the root causes of conflict and instability, which is a core focus of the updated BHOS policy. The The Netherlands also highlights the importance of human Netherlands therefore regards the SDG agenda as the rights for stability and development at multilateral ultimate approach for conflict prevention. organisations and development banks. It contributes financially to the World Bank’s Human Rights and It is the Netherlands’ ambition for the SDG agenda above all Development Trust Fund, increasing the understanding and to achieve improvements for those who are furthest behind. application of human rights principles in the policy of this Marginalised and impoverished groups generally have no important global development partner.

| 36 | Examples

Tackling child labour With its Fund for Combating Child Labour the Netherlands supports projects carried out jointly by civil society organisations and businesses. One example is a project being conducted with Fairphone in the gold-mining industry. Miners often put their children to work mining for gold because they have little income and virtually no access to markets. The project focuses on building the miners’ capacity to earn an adequate and sustainable income so that they no longer need to resort to child labour.

Access to law: rights for disabled people in Ukraine Through its involvement with UNDP’s Global Rule of Law programme, the Netherlands helps to facilitate legal support for marginalised people, for example in Ukraine. Such support is particularly important for children with disabilities as they are not always assured access to education. Thanks to the UNDP project, families received legal advice and support when their children were not admitted to school, or were not offered a form of education adapted to their needs. This was followed up with joint monitoring to ensure that the children could ultimately go to school and receive the education they needed.

More consideration of human rights in private sector support The Netherlands encourages the private sector in developing countries in various ways, including by donating funds to be administered by FMO, the Dutch development bank. FMO developed the Human Rights Due Diligence Guidance in 2018. The guide is designed to support the team of 35 experts on the environment and social rights (including human rights), who assess the risks associated with their corporate clients’ requested investments and action plans. The investments concern projects in a large number of countries in Asia, Africa, South America and Eastern Europe.

Improved workers’ rights in supply chains of high-risk sectors As part of the Trade Union Cofinancing Programme, via FNV Mondiaal and CNV, the Netherlands funds a number of international partner trade unions in developing countries (both focus and non-focus countries) that campaign for better workers’ rights in the supply chains of several high-risk sectors (including agriculture, ship demolition, construction) with poor working conditions. Partner unions receive support so that they are better able to represent the interests of their members in the social dialogue with employers, and to influence government policy.

Support to regional reception capacity The Netherlands leads the EU Regional Development and Protection Programme in the Horn of Africa. The programme aims among other things to improve protection for refugees, with a specific focus on women and children. A key element of the programme is improving the registration of births, marriages and deaths among refugees. For the first time, refugees are now able to obtain birth certificates for their children. Births certificates, and also marriage and death certificates, are vital for gaining access to justice, education, work and property. Since the project was launched with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and UNICEF, 32 basic registration centres have been set up (both inside and outside refugee camps). Since November 2018, 8,213 births, 1,038 marriages and 160 divorces have been registered (some retroactively).

| 37 | Improved working conditions for women in East and Southern Africa The Hivos Women@Work programme helps Dutch companies and policymakers invest in women. This Dutch- funded programme has helped improve the position of women working in the flower cultivation and horticulture industry in eight countries in East and Southern Africa. Thanks to the programme, trade unions now have access to around 70, mostly Dutch, companies, where they provide information on workers’ rights and safety in the workplace, and combating sexual harassment. Another focus of the programme is promoting a living wage. This has prompted Dutch flower importers to think of innovative ways of achieving living wages in their production chains.

International corporate social responsibility and the banking sector The voluntary agreement on international corporate social responsibility with the banking sector focuses on the role that banks can play in preventing and tackling human rights violations. The banks that are party to the agreement are improving their human rights due diligence where necessary. The parties also collaborate on value chain analysis to identify negative impacts on human rights and make recommendations as to how these impacts can be tackled or prevented. The analysis of the value chain in the cocoa industry was published in 2018. The parties and banks also organised a learning session entitled ‘Shrinking civic freedoms and the position of human rights defenders’.

| 38 | Appendix: Expenditure by theme

1. Expenditure from the Human Rights Fund, by theme 2. Expenditure from other funds, by theme41

Total, Human Rights Fund Theme Expenditure Number of projects Freedom of expression & internet freedom € 17.289.994 104 Freedom of Religion and Belief € 3.344.990 38 Equal rights for women and girls € 5.250.751 96 Human rights defenders € 8.470.643 85 Equal Rights for LHBTI € 4.826.760 63 Promotion of the international legal order / The fight against impunity € 2.041.068 33 Other • Human rights in general € 1.216.541 11 • Business and Human rights € 2.530.343 30 • Gross violations € 1.944.905 23 • Other € 4.635.460 83 Total € 51.551.445 566

Total, other funds Thema Expenditure Number of projects Freedom of expression & internet freedom € 10.594.797 24 Freedom of Religion and Belief € 32.091 2 Equal rights for women and girls € 36.850.705 57 Human rights defenders € 16.087.471 10 Equal rights for LGBTI € 5.404.177 31 Promotion of the international legal order / The fight against impunity € 21.135.380 31 Other • Human rights in general € 8.784.412 6 • Business and human rights € 204.279 4 • Gross violations € 395.987 6 • Other € 5.927.075 33 Total € 105.416.374 204

41 Accountability fund, SBE Internationale legal order, FLOW, Shiraka, Public diplomacy, Programme for societal transformation, Programmes in support of Foreign Policy (POBB), Strategic Partnerships within BHOS.

| 39 | 1 Expenditure from the Human Rights Fund per theme

Freedom of expression & internet freedom Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Media narratives in conflict and humanitarian settings € 150.382 Amman, Jordan Jordan Advanced Arab Journalists Training € 17.957 Amman, Jordan Jordan Expanding the Public Dialogue on Human Rights in € 50.259 Jordan through the Media Amman, Jordan Jordan Increased Access to Information on Human Rights € 117.387 through Media Amman, Jordan Jordan Promoting accountability and local governance in € 126.440 Jordan through independent media Bangkok, Thailand Thailand Upholding digital rights in Thailand € 8.096 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Internet community in Action € 77.141 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Digital rights as human rights € 105.051 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Print It Yourself – Bringing unbiased news to small rural € 7.567 settlements in Hungary Budapest, Hungary Hungary Nyitott Európáért Egyesület € 5.297 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Online Russian language news platform Newsmaker Md € 105.500 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Support for Russian version of print and online versions € 45.000 of investigative newspaper Ziarul de garda Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Strengthening Innovation and Research on Freedom of € 56.782 Expression in Colombia-Netherlands Bogotá, Colombia Colombia World Press Photo Exhibition in Colombia € 16.397 Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Human Rights Day 2018 € 6.305 Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Violence against communicators 2 € 1.543 Caracas, Venezuela Venezuela Various projects (confidential) € 24.816 Caracas, Venezuela Venezuela World Press Photo € 22.000 Dakar, Senegal Guinea-Bissau Training cyber security for journalists and bloggers € 10.385 Havana, Cuba Cuba Various projects (confidential) € 63.600 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Collage: youth free space for expressions € 5.022 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Human Rights Through Photography € 27.877 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Free, Fair and Safe Media Environment € 76.656 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan PACE Evolution € 198.707 Istanbul, Turkey Turkey Various projects (confidential) € 93.904 Jakarta, Indonesia Timor-Leste Strengthening Media Self-Regulatory Mechanisms in € 157.132 Timor-Leste Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Ensuring Citizen's Right to Vote in 2019 General € 61.273 Election Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Research and Advocacy on the Right to be Forgotten € 1.066 Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Support for Press Freedom & People's Rights to € 95.532 Information

| 40 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Cairo, Egypt Egypt Supporting Freedom of Expression and Prisoners of € 27.206 Opinion Program Cairo, Egypt Egypt Support and promotion of Digital Rights Project € 39.954 Khartoum, Sudan Sudan Various projects (confidential) € 505.429 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Mezhyhirya Festival € 4.661 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Protection of freedom of speech in East of Ukraine € 38.180 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine TV Bridges € 57.303 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Mykolaiv is the city of equality € 27.361 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Capacity building of media and journalists € 12.297 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Combating human rights violations € 8.037 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Innovative Tool to Support Investigative Journalism € 11.996 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Local reform radio € 13.910 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Internet Freedom € 12.927 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Strengthening the capacity of journalists and the media € 22.244 Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Weekly radio debates € 90.003 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Georgetown Literary Festival € 4.925 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Freedom Film Festival € 6.079 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Press Photo Exposition Malaysia € 5.000 Malaysia Lima, Peru Peru, Ecuador World Press Photo Exhibition € 35.000 Manilla, Philippines Philippines Safety of Journalists € 52.205 Mexico-City, Mexico Mexico Building a national network of journalists to protect € 68.072 freedom of expression Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Digital Defenders Partnership € 500.000 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide RNW Media 2017-2020 € 8.000.000 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Breaking the impasse: Protecting Journalists and Social € 429.343 Affairs Communicators through effective use of UN mechanisms Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Tomorrow's Internet € 361.200 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Anchoring and safeguarding internet freedom € 1.383.337 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Small Media Tech Lab € 85.714 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Advanced freedom of expression and access to € 367.706 Affairs information Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Supporting UPR Advocacy for Internet Freedom € 277.916 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Where there is political will € 413.680 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Safety for Media Professionals € 200.000 Affairs Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Promoting online and offline freedom of expression in € 72.747 Kenya Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan World Press Photo exhibition 2018 € 70.799

| 41 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Digital rights in Kazakhstan € 35.532 Panama-City, Panama Panama Freedom of Speech and Press Freedom Workshop € 6.419 Paris, France Worldwide Safety of journalists € 690.000 (PR UNESCO) Beijing, China China Confidential € 141.517 Rabat, Morocco Morocco Association des rencontres meditterranéenes Cinéma € 36.762 Droits de l'Homme San José, Costa Rica Central America Improve journalists safety in remote areas in Central € 212.564 America Skopje, North Macedonia Vidi Vaka - Medium for Digital Natives € 48.341 North Macedonia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia Appui à la liberté d'expression, au journalisme citoyen € 82.486 et d’investigation pour la bonne gouvernance locale au Nord-Ouest Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia Supporting freedom of expression and media € 32.075 development in North-West Tunisia Warsaw, Poland Belarus Various projects (confidential) € 287.354 Warsaw, Poland Belarus Enhancing access of Belarusian people to objective € 80.000 news and information via Euroradio Warsaw, Poland Belarus World Press Photo: Advancing sustainability of € 24.500 Belarusian independent press nationally and internationally Warsaw, Poland Belarus Support to the independent TV broadcast in Belarus € 39.960 Washington, DC, Worldwide Freedom on the Net € 198.000 United States Vienna, Austria OSCE region Promotion of freedom of expression and freedom of € 95.000 (PR OSCE) the internet Vienna, Austria OSCE region Representative on Freedom of the Media Repository € 100.000 (PR OSCE) Fund Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Investigative Journalism Project € 49.472 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Investigative Documentaries € 9.744 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Vital News Report € 78.223 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Burma Story Book € 10.000 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Fortify Rights € 91.740 Total € 17.289.994

Theme: Freedom of religion and belief Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Transforming the farmer herder conflicts € 299.980 Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Unity in Diversity € 215.255 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Right to faith: protecting the right to freedom of € 7.926 religion in Hungary Budapest, Hungary Hungary Mandák House documentary film € 10.000 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Bridge-building between LGBTQ and Christian € 7.200 communities Bucharest, Romania Moldova Association of Independent Press € 7.600

| 42 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh Anne Frank Exhibition Bangladesh € 473 Geneva, Switzerland Switzerland FoRB Symposium € 5.000 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Exploring and promoting freedom of religion € 9.787 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Engaging Pakistan Interfaith Communities in Bahawal- € 20.443 pur Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Confidential € 37.149 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Team Muhafez and Basila & the Street Crew € 122.552 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Shehri (citizen) Pakistan € 68.264 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Preserving Freedom of Religion and Belief in Pakistan € 46.062 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Engaging Pakistani Interfaith Communities € 4.183 Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Research into the discourse of religious freedom and € 24.978 religious harmony in Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Enhancing Religious Freedom Protection at the Local € 324.714 Level in Indonesia Cairo, Egypt Egypt Together we develop Egypt Phase II € 110.000 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Promoting tolerance and non-discrimination € 34.860 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Dialogue involving Religious Communities € 12.791 Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Strengthening Human Rights Advocacy for Freedom of € 159.512 Affairs Religion and Belief Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Forum 18 News Services € 127.000 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Strengthening voices, sensitizing voices, connecting € 76.830 Affairs voices Ministry of Foreign Worldwide A religious mosaic € 520.000 Affairs Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Enhancing Freedom of Religion or Belief at the Coast of € 50.000 Kenya Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Promoting freedom of religion and belief in Kazakhstan € 50.000 through freedom of expression Seoul, South Korea North Korea Freedom of Religion and Belief | Report & Outreach € 15.775 Tbilisi, Georgia Armenia Towards sustainable reform: Promoting Freedom of € 114.654 Religion and Belief in Armenia Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Humans in Religion € 73.500 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Train the Messenger - 2 € 227 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Supporting Protection of the Rights of Non-dominant € 80.010 Religious Groups through Research and Participatory Activity Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Fostering Religious Tolerance and Cultural Diversity in € 79.660 Public Schools of Georgia Tirana, Albania Albania Exploring the role of Religion in the Western Balkan € 72.000 Societies Tirana, Albania Albania Religious tolerance in Albania € 44.089 Washington, DC, United States The Protecting Belief Fund € 300.000 United States Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Religious Freedom Initiative Plus € 100.000 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Civil Society Organization Cultivation for Religious € 73.143 Freedom and Belief Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Muslim Intra-faith Understanding € 39.600 Total € 3.344.290

| 43 | Theme: equal rights for women and girls Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (Country/region) Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Towards Ending Child Marriage € 166.948 Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Red Diamond 2 € 124.217 Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Uprooted € 7.220 Accra, Ghana Ghana Equal Rights and economic empowerment for women € 91.851 Amman, Jordan Jordan Enabling Communities for Climate Change Adaption € 79.134 Planning: Understanding Gender Roles Ankara, Turkey Turkey Various projects (confidential) € 114.025 Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Promotion of the Value of the Girl Child through the € 125.000 Power of Sport Bangkok, Thailand Thailand The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence € 3.093 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Women's employment in the public sector: towards € 78.060 empowerment and representation Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Counselling office for women in politics € 5.852 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Be Equal in the Value Chain € 32.312 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro New Spaces, New Voices: End News Media Sexism € 32.424 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Investigative research and media campaign: Women € 34.633 Rights & Work in Montenegro Bucharest, Romania Moldova United Nations Population Fund € 44.971 Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Que no te quiten las almas campaign € 1.369 Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Black Women's Permanent Forum € 3.552 Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Black Women towards a Planet 50-50 in 2030: 30 years € 49.115 of Black Women's Rights in Brazil in 2018 Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Migrant women leaving the prison system € 7.242 Buenos Aires, Argentina Reproductive Health Classes € 36.649 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina La Investigación forense en casos de Feminicidios € 2.790 Argentina Bujumbura, Burundi Burundi Africa Human Rights Network € 51.186 Bujumbura, Burundi Burundi Family Health International € 148.720 Dakar, Senegal Senegal Protection of women and girls victims of violence € 19.057 Dakar, Senegal Senegal Forum Theatre to open discussions about the weight of € 9.864 tradition on women Dakar, Senegal Senegal Sensitization of adolescents on the right to access € 11.040 sexual and reproductive health Dakar, Senegal Senegal Mobilizing Grandmothers and Teachers to Promote € 20.030 Girls’ Rights and Education and to Prevent Child Marriage Dakar, Senegal Senegal Mobile clinic for prevention of sexual abuse € 16.865 Geneva, Permanent Worldwide Activities Human Rights Council - theme woman's € 14.000 representation to UN rights/sexual and reproductive health and rights Geneva, Permanent Worldwide She Decides Day € 57.000 representation to UN Geneva, Permanent Worldwide Women Human Rights Course € 8.700 representation to UN Geneva, Permanent Worldwide Enhancing the protection of Women Rights Defenders € 55.710 representation to UN at the United Nations

| 44 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (Country/region) Geneva, Permanent Worldwide Side-event Human Rights Council 38: Women’s € 2.000 representation to UN participation in the Syrian political process Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Campaign Against Rape and Gender Based Violence € 47.733 Havana, Cuba Cuba Various projects (confidential) € 34.421 Havana, Cuba Cuba United Nations Population Fund - Sexual Health € 88.000 Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Amplifying progressive voices on child marriage in € 24.637 Indonesia Cairo, Egypt Egypt Together to Combat Trafficking in Women € 36.000 Khartoum, Sudan Sudan Various projects (confidential) € 180.216 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Access to justice for women-victims of violence in € 31.928 Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Strengthening women's political rights € 4.009 Kinshasa, DRC DRC Women's Political Participation € 300.000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia She Decides Event Malaysia € 887 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Art for Grabs Festival € 1.135 Malaysia Luanda, Angola Angola Promotion of civil society women networks and € 50.000 empowerment of young women in Angola Manilla, Philippines Philippines Youth-Friendy Health Centers € 17.081 Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Respect for women's political rights € 269.331 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Upholding Human Rights, bridging the gender € 81.644 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide POWER: Political participation of women for equal € 24.910 Affairs rights Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Strengthening the movement to end various forms of € 35.430 Affairs violence against women New Delhi, India India Equal rights for women focused on political participa- € 4.309 tion New Delhi, India India Women's rights committee against gender based € 4.752 violence New Delhi, India India HR Awareness campaign € 4.686 New Delhi, India India Empowering Dalit Christian Women (2nd Form) € 4.541 New Delhi, India India Creating favourable ecosystems for non-traditional € 35.268 livelihoods for women New Delhi, India India Rights for nomadic Narikkuravar children € 25.285 New Delhi, India India Empowering Rural Women in Protecting their rights € 54.307 New Delhi, India India Gendercide Project - Beti bachao Beti padhao € 38.522 New Delhi, India India Equal rights for women in urban slums of Aurangabad € 36.027 New Delhi, India India Training of Unemployed Women € 37.541 Paramaribo, Suriname Suriname Theatre project 'Adjoeba' € 1.435 Beijing, China China Confidential € 733.140 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Human Rights Dialogues € 5.542 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Advancing the rights of Women, girls and LGBTI € 3.258 communities Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Rights and women empowerment € 25.673

| 45 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (Country/region) Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Human Rights Practice in Vulnerable Communities € 11.825 2018 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Advancing the rights of women, girls and LGBTI € 25.130 communities in South Africa III Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Project Access II 2018 - 2022 € 62.901 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Tsoga! Rights and women empowerment € 52.919 Rabat, Morocco Morocco Fighting violence against women and girls: A listening € 1.378 and counselling center to support women and girls victims of violence Rabat, Morocco Morocco Fighting violence against women: Reinforcing the € 56.747 juridical and socioeconomic capacity of women in Salé and neighborhood Rabat, Morocco Morocco Promotion Best Practice in the State response to Sexual € 87.827 Violence against Women (Through cooperation with local NGOs Rabat, Morocco Morocco La caravane sociale pour l'égalité. Éradication des € 42.242 mariages des mineures et lutte contre la déscolarisation des filles Rabat, Morocco Morocco Renforcer le droit des femmes à prendre part à l'espace € 54.776 public sans discrimination à travers la sensibilisation et l'action du terrain Ramallah, Palestinian Palestinian Territories The Palestinian Working Women Society for Develop- € 83.600 Territories ment Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Female Career Fair € 14.755 Santiago, Chili Chili Seminar Building bridges, towards a communication € 15.000 without gender stereotypes Skopje, North North Macedonia Advancing Gender Equality in Sport € 24.857 Macedonia Skopje, North North Macedonia Mentor with Impact - Mentoring Program for Women € 7.465 Macedonia Entrepreneurs and Professionals Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health promotion € 29.335 and HIV prevention among Young People in Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia The Steps for the Future Free of Violence: a Series of TV € 7.251 Programs Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Pankisi women and girls for better future € 2.874 Teheran, Iran Iran Confidential € 651.000 Tirana, Albania Albania, North Handle with Care € 65.725 Macedonia, Kosovo Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia Promoting Women's Socioeconomic Rights in € 39.943 North-western Tunisia Mission, country/region Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure (region/country) EUR Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia Promoting Women’s Rights in Tunisia through a € 77.433 Participatory On-Line Court Decision Observatory Warsaw, Poland Belarus Various projects (confidential) € 43.524 Vienna, Austria Tajikistan Supporting and strengthening Women's Resource € 40.000 (PR OSCE) Centers in Tadzhikistan Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Platform for women's skill development € 22.596 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Women Media Project € 33.371 Total € 5.250.751

| 46 | Theme: Human Rights Defenders Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Amman, Jordan Jordan Youth Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights € 7.080 Coalition Ankara, Turkey Turkey Confidential € 110.000 Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Confidential € 115.000 Bangkok, Thailand Thailand Enhancing Capacity for Human Rights Defenders in € 7.590 Thailand Budapest, Hungary Hungary Civil Kollégium Alapítvány € 10.504 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Amnesty International Magyarország € 8.225 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Institute of Social Reflection € 5.347 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Building communities and educating on civil movement € 5.363 on the country side Bucharest, Romania Moldova Amnesty International Chisinau € 34.344 Bucharest, Romania Moldova World Press Photo Exhibition 2018 Chisinau € 24.000 Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Multinational Corporations in Colombia: Enabling € 11.000 Communities to Defend Human Rights through the use of Non-Judicial Grievance Mechanisms, Advocacy and Capacity Strengthening Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Autonomous development, effective leadership € 21.523 Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Implementation of education and protection strategies € 2.397 aimed at human right defenders, their organizations and communities in Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Improving self-protection for human rights defenders € 82.490 Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Traditional Peoples and Human Rights: Challenges of a € 29.041 Nuclear Power Plant Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Mapping Human Rights Violations € 1.995 Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Companies' actions to prevent and repair risks and € 44.498 impacts on human rights Caracas, Venezuela Venezuela Confidential € 7.135 Dakar, Senegal Senegal Ciné droit Libre € 10.000 Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Transparency, Responsiveness, Accountability and € 850.000 Citizen Engagement (TRACE) Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Human Rights Film Festival € 56.351 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Strengthening Protection Network for Women Human € 55.932 Rights Defenders Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Living the Human Rights (LIGHTS) € 4.397 Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Confidential € 205.752 Juba, South-Sudan South Sudan Confidential € 121.361 Kampala, Uganda Uganda Strengthening Protection Mechanisms for Human € 625.781 Rights Defenders in Uganda Khartoum, Sudan Sudan Various projects (confidential) € 95.704 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Human Rights Tulip Ukraine (Dostupno) € 21.795 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Countering discrimination against incurable patients in € 30.518 the Odesa region Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Docudays UA € 59.522 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Establishing a network of HR public initiatives € 11.326 Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Capacity building in Human rights research methodology € 49.980 Kinshasa, DRC DRC Various projects (confidential) € 627.632

| 47 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Human Rights Tulip 2014-2017 Communication € 133.750 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Training course Human Rights Defenders € 15.450 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Protecting Human Rights Defenders worldwide by € 8.283 Affairs strengthening legal recognition and implementation of the UN declaration on Human Rights Defenders Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Enhancing Human Rights Defenders Protection and € 7.211 Affairs Advocacy 2015-2017 Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Support Human Rights Defenders capacity to mobilize UN € 13.500 Affairs and international levers of influence to boost local change Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Human Rights Festival € 200.000 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Winner Human rights Tulip 2015 Human Rights € 3.750 Affairs empowerment of anti-slavery Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Winner Human rights Tulip 2012 Tamil Nadu € 8.860 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Shelter City € 284.660 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Various small projects € 16.298 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Support Human Rights Defenders in post-Soviet € 96.225 Affairs countries Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Improved protection and support to human rights € 345.743 Affairs defenders Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Foundations for Human Rights € 505.062 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Human rights tulip € 23.684 Affairs Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Videre est Credere € 5.458 Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Promoting safety and security of human rights € 185.428 defenders in Kenya Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Fellowship for a new generation of human rights € 19.081 defenders in Kazakhstan Beijing, China China Confidential € 458.801 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Interactive Theatre Kliptown € 2.638 Rabat, Morocco Morocco Appui à l'intégration des migrants et droits à la diversité € 75.566 Ramallah, Palestinian Israel Breaking The Silence € 182.248 Territories San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica Shelter City Costa Rica € 393.180 San José, Costa Rica Central America Managing Organization for the Central American € 609.000 Human Rights Program (CAHRP) 2016-2018 San José, Costa Rica Honduras Strengthening human rights in Honduras through € 132.000 support from OHCHR Sarajevo, Bosnia Bosnia-Herzegovina Enhancing HR protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina € 37.264 Herzegovina Straatsburg, France France Human Rights Trust Fund € 200.000 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Support to Human Rights Defenders from Azerbaijan € 54.253 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Shelter City Tbilisi € 116.130 Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Safeguarding Israeli Democracy € 40.000

| 48 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Tirana, Albania Albania Understanding and promoting human rights € 6.697 Warsaw, Poland Belarus Various projects (confidential) € 208.040 Washington, DC, United States 8th Amendment Project € 114.400 United States Washington, DC, Worldwide Lifeline € 250.000 United States Vienna, Austria OSCE region Civil Society Advocacy on Human Dimension € 100.000 (PR OSCE) Vienna, Austria OSCE region Advanced Human Rights Monitoring Training for € 50.000 (PR OSCE) Human Rights Defenders Vienna, Austria Ukraine Security and Independence of Lawyers in Ukraine € 95.000 (PR OSCE) Vienna, Austria OSCE region Shelter and resilience for human rights defenders of the € 40.000 (PR OSCE) OSCE region Vienna, Austria OSCE region Winning public support for human rights defence: OSCE € 75.000 (PR OSCE) cross-regional perspectives Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Human rights' Tulip € 4.400 Total € 8.470.643

Theme: Equal rights for LGBTI Mission, country/ Project relates to/ Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region regio Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Various projects (confidential) € 271.616 Ankara, Turkey Turkey Various projects (confidential) € 82.380 Athens, Greece Greece Athens Pride - Amsterdam Rainbow Dress project € 7.500 Bagdad, Iraq Iraq Confidential € 2.218 Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Confidential € 60.000 Bangkok, Thailand Thailand HERO AWARDS 2018 € 1.518 Bangkok, Thailand Thailand LGBTI documentary events in Thailand, Cambodia and € 4.000 Laos Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon LGBTQ youth support platform € 93.280 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Improving position of LGBT+ community in Serbia € 19.999 through advocacy and capacity building activities Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Keeping an eye on I(ntersex) € 10.715 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Montenegro Pride 2018 € 5.000 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Information Centre Genderdoc € 14.600 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Campaigning for Dignity, Family Values and LGBTI € 15.650 Equality Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Sexual and reproductive health services for transgender € 52.929 people in Profamilia clinics Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Construction of an integral attention protocol for € 10.417 corporal transformation of transgender groups Brasilia, Brazil Brazil LGBT's in detention € 6.282 Buenos Aires, Argentina Promoción de Acceso a la Salud de la Población Trans € 2.672 Argentina en Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina, Uruguay, Diversidades sexo - genéricas: abordajes para una € 17.182 Argentina Cuba educación libre de homo - lesbo - trans - fobia Buenos Aires, Argentina Spanish Lessons € 4.938 Argentina

| 49 | Mission, country/ Project relates to/ Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region regio Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paraguay Ana Frank, convivencia e inclusión en nuestros días - la € 1.416 Argentina perspectiva de género Buenos Aires, Argentina Promoción de los derechos de las personas LGBTI a € 4.634 Argentina través del mejoramiento de las prácticas en materia comunicacional Dakar, Senegal Senegal Various projects (confidential) € 14.225 Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh Mainstream social tolerance of LGBT population in € 1.743 Bangladesh Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe IDAHOT 2018 € 12.190 Havana, Cuba Cuba Confidential € 17.600 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Noon: Understanding Gender Diversity € 40.272 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Confidential € 59.291 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan After noon € 106.752 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine KyivPride € 44.348 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Empowering civil society € 12.350 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine School of Tolerance € 7.087 Manilla, Philippines Philippines LeadOUT € 6.560 Manilla, Philippines Philippines SOGIE Diversity Index € 10.513 Mexico-City, Mexico Mexico Three HR events about LGTBI € 20.706 Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Allies in Action € 418.118 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Dutch Intersex Network (NL Netwerk Intersekse) € 18.521 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Veel om voor te vechten € 76.960 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Promoting and protecting human rights of sexual € 445.956 Affairs minorities Ministry of Foreign Worldwide IAM Transformation Network € 24.960 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Strong in diversity € 1.350.652 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Eastern Europe Support of the LGBTI grassroots in Eastern Europe € 200.000 Affairs New Delhi, India India SMILE - Equal Rights Programme for LGBT € 55.165 New Delhi, India India LGBTIQ Community Empowerment through Skill € 8.566 Development New Delhi, India India Transgender School Project € 19.241 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan LBQ women and access to healthcare in Kazakhstan € 20.122 Panama-City, Panama Panama IDAHOT and Pride € 7.480 Panama-City, Panama Panama LGBTI film festival € 1.691 Panama-City, Panama Panama Human Rights film for HR Day € 1.972 Paramaribo, Suriname Suriname Paramaribo Declaration € 1.487 Beijing, China China Confidential € 486.872 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa LGBTI rights in Africa II € 112.180 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Human Rights Reporting strengthening media coverage € 12.951 of sexual and gender diversity Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Amsterdam Rainbow Dress € 18.131 Seoul, South-Korea South Korea Korean Queer Culture Festival (KQCF) € 10.674

| 50 | Mission, country/ Project relates to/ Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region regio Skopje, North Macedonia LGBTI Community Empowerment € 20.000 North Macedonia Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Supporting LGBT community for an enhanced access to € 8.415 justice Tbilisi, Georgia Armenia Pink Armenia € 35.000 Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia Confidential € 41.797 Warsaw, Poland Belarus Various projects (confidential) € 33.360 Washington, DC, United States Dignity for all € 264.000 United States Vienna, Austria OSCE Region EastMeetsWest LGBTI conference 2018 € 1.200 (PR OSCE) Vienna, Austria North Macedonia Advancement of the human rights and freedoms of € 40.000 (PR OSCE) LGBTI people in Macedonia Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Promoting and protecting LGBTI Rights in Myanmar € 48.706 Total € 4.826.760

Theme: Promotion of the international legal order / The fight against impunity Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Accra, Ghana Ghana Africa Centre for International Criminal Justice € 41.100 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Hungarian Helsinki Committee € 7.896 Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Advocacy and political dialogue for rights of victims in € 47.940 public decisions for the construction and maintenance of peace Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Anne Frank - A History for Today € 48.757 Caracas, Venezuela Venezuela Confidential € 10.020 Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Anne Frank: A history for Today € 27.240 Dakar, Senegal Gambia Media Training on International Criminal Justice and € 49.325 Transitional Justice Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide Enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention in € 1.754 Syria Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide High-level Lunch on preparation of the Yemen € 1.712 Resolution Human Rights Council 38 Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide Side event from Documenting Violations to Preparing € 2.700 for Prosecutions Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Survey on the Construction and Perception of the € 7.750 Historical Memory of Netherlands and Indonesian Shared History Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Assessing implementation of human rights obligations € 3.936 at local level Cairo, Egypt Egypt Various projects (confidential) € 322.424 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Open data monitoring € 45.856 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Creating legal monitoring centre "Dignity" € 330 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Empowerment of court decisions € 15.005 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Access to justice for vulnerable groups € 36.354 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Oral History of the Maidan € 6.992 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Second Wave of Judiciary Reform € 5.644

| 51 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Syria Justice and Accountability Centre € 16.178 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Combating Impunity for International Crimes € 451.994 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Strengthening Victim Participation in the Fight against € 282.626 Affairs Impunity New Delhi, India India Anne Frank Exhibition in Mumbai € 7.904 Ramallah, Palestinian Palestinian Territories Support to joint donor fund for Human Rights and € 61.600 Territories International Humanitarian Law in the occupied Palesti- nian Territories Sanaa, Yemen Yemen Support to Human Rights Commission € 440.000 Seoul, South Korea North Korea Training on transitional justice in the Netherlands for € 23.000 North Korean students in South Korea Seoul, South Korea North Korea Outreach on accountability € 10.044 Tel Aviv, Israel Israel, Palestinian Settlement Watch 2017-2019 € 59.987 Territories Vienna, Austria OSCE region Enhancing the quality of ODIHR-organized events in the € 5.000 (PR OSCE) human dimension Total € 2.041.068

Theme: Human rights in general Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide Human Rights Council strengthening € 8.000 Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide Building National Universal Periodic Reviews and € 200.000 Human Rights architectures Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide Activities Human Rights Council - diverse themes € 10.000 Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide Participation Youth Representative Global Compact on € 3.000 Refugees Geneva, Permanent Worldwide Side-event Human Rights Council 38: Expert Seminar € 1.754 Representation UN on Universal Declaration of Human Rights and modernising Human Rights System Geneva, Permanent Worldwide Human Rights Council reform € 25.000 Representation UN Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Human Rights Course December 2017 € 1.250 Affairs Rabat, Morocco Morocco Advancing Human Rights jurisprudence in Morocco: € 164.943 practicing and applying Human Rights Law for judges, lawyers and clerks Ramallah, Palestinian Palestinian Territories The Independent Commission for Human Rights € 443.114 Territories 2017-2019 Ramallah, Palestinian Palestinian Territories Al Mezan Center for Human Rights € 192.280 Territories Ramallah, Palestinian Israel B'Tselem - Israeli Information Center for Human Rights € 167.200 Territories Total € 1.216.541

| 52 | Theme: Business and Human Rights Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/ region) Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Scaling up the voluntary principles on security and € 86.370 human rights initiative in Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Consolidating Community Participation in Environmen- € 3.464 tal Regulatory Mechanisms and enhancing Corporate Accountability in Nigeria Accra, Ghana Ghana Promoting human rights in businesses € 77.594 Amman, Jordan Jordan Improving Jordan's Microfinance Institutions industry € 107.337 Amman, Jordan Jordan Socio Economic Development for Marginalized Workers € 105.733 in Jordan Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Resolution and mediation of conflicts, and opportunity € 61.123 to build trust in Cesar Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Strengthening the mission and actions of the € 48.789 ombudsman's office for the promotion, protection, and compensation of Human Rights within business activities Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Project Multi-stakeholder Corporate Social Responsibi- € 5.805 lity Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Expansion of number of job opportunities for prisoners € 14.574 in Rio de Janeiro Brasilia, Brazil Brazil The role of multinational enterprises abroad and its € 49.886 commitments to human rights Brasilia, Brazil Brazil Promoting rights and diversity within companies € 27.408 Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Tilburg-Africa: Towards Knowledge Societies € 625.781 Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Support to Business & Human Rights Agenda in € 139.660 Indonesia Khartoum, Sudan Sudan Various projects (confidential) € 72.997 Kinshasa, DRC DRC Improving the field implementation of the Voluntary € 185.013 Principles for Security and Human Rights in South Kivu Kuwait, Kuwait Kuwait Capacity Building Training on Identification of Victims € 9.658 of Human Trafficking Kuwait, Kuwait Kuwait Capacity Building Training for Prosecutors and Judges in € 45.475 Identification of Trafficking Victims Mexico-City, Mexico Mexico Promoting Community-led Human Rights Impact € 1.500 Assessment in Mexico (HRIA) Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Improving National Contact Point Performance and € 43.595 Affairs Access to Remedy for Human Rights Disputes in Central and Eastern European countries Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Tackling labour exploitation in all economic sectors € 141.081 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Out of work and into school € 126.852 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Mind the gap € 249.005 Affairs New Delhi, India India Support to community-led advocacy on negative € 20.905 impacts of unsustainable business practices on human rights in Kodungaiyur New Delhi, India India Conference Centre for Responsible Business € 5.580 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Support to the National Contact Point in Kazakhstan € 29.604 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Summer school on Business and Human Rights € 75.600 Beijing, China China Confidential € 112.687

| 53 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/ region) Sarajevo, Bosnia Bosnia Herzegovina Fostering social entrepreneurship in Bosnia and € 13.863 Herzegovina Herzegovina Tirana, Albania Albania Improving relations between employers and employees € 1.608 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Institute for human rights and business € 41.796 Total € 2.530.343

Theme: gross violations Mission, country/ Project relates to/ Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region regio Algiers, Algeria Algeria Various projects (confidential) € 15.379 Amman, Jordan Jordan Safeguarding the Rights of Detainees in Jordan € 67.705 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Rehabilitation of torture victims at Centre Nassim € 70.400 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Preventing torture of Tripoli detainees € 217.374 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Development of resilience to sexual and commercial € 48.500 exploitation for adolescents in vocational schools Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Contributing to the access of land restitution rights to € 75.098 the displacement victims in Antioquia Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Strengthening development of proposals by Colombian € 21.037 civil society for the participation of victims in the Integral System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Repetition Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Fondo de Cerebros para el Postconflicto en Colombia € 32.969 Buenos Aires, Argentina El Mundial de fútbol durante el terrorismo de Estado en € 22.624 Argentina Argentina Dakar, Senegal Gambia Training of Media Practitioners on Transitional Justice € 8.012 Dakar, Senegal Gambia Human rights trainings for police officers and prison € 4.544 officials Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide Side-event Human Rights Council 39: From Documen- € 2.700 ting Violations to Preparing for Prosecutions Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam Implementation of UN Convention Against Torture in € 75.000 Vietnam Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Public & Policy Advocacy-Death Penalty € 221.243 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Promotion of respect for international humanitarian € 34.358 law by Ukrainian military servants Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Confidential € 8.662 Manilla, Philippines Philippines Bantay Kaso Child Protection Workshop € 7.371 Mexico-City, Mexico Mexico I(dh)eas HR defenders involved in search for disap- € 20.640 peared persons Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Reducing torture & ill treatment € 105.786 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Civil Society United Against Torture € 250.000 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Prevention, punishment and reparation of torture € 397.346 Affairs Beijing, China China Confidential € 138.157 Strasbourg, France France Special Account European Court of Human Rights € 100.000 Total € 1.944.905

| 54 | Other Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Various project € 6.861 Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Strengthening Community Governance, Environmental € 26.267 Monitoring and Implementing a Gas Alert System in select communities Algiers, Algeria Algeria Access to care for migrants in Algiers € 32.195 Amman, Jordan Jordan “Second Chance”: Enhancing Legal Protection for € 82.598 Juveniles and Vulnerable Youth Ankara, Turkey Turkey Confidential € 162.000 Athens, Greece Greece Technodromo project - Art Acting € 10.000 Athens, Greece Greece Ombudsman project "Strengthening the organisational € 24.455 capacity of the Greek Ombudsman in handling complaints from asylum seekers and refugees" Athens, Greece Greece Metadrasi Project - workshop on the guardianship of € 7.500 unaccompanied minors in Greece Bagdad, Iraq Iraq Confidential € 95.000 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Advocacy project € 5.263 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Without Borders project € 22.584 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Protection in Palestinian Camps € 26.246 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Youth now € 57.440 Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon Developing history teacher capacity for historical € 43.967 thinking and innovative teaching methodologies fostering peace building Bucharest, Romania Moldova Romanian Centre for European Policies € 7.866 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Romano FM Radio in Soroca € 48.100 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Facilitating reintegration of detained children from € 25.000 Moldova through access to qualitative vocational training Bucharest, Romania Moldova National Center for Child Abuse Prevention Chisinau € 33.895 Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Constructors of Peace Canal del Dique € 62.109 Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Conferences Antoine Buyse in Colombia € 2.181 Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Strategic Transition Path for the National Police of € 4.487 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Contribution to peace building by teaching former € 21.525 combatants new skills Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Promotion of peaceful coexistence among former € 65.149 combatants and communities Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Small Activities € 9.916 Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Study Visit € 38.200 Dakar, Senegal Senegal Shelter and reorientation for victims of forced child € 35.064 begging Damascus, Syria Syria Confidential € 16.768 Geneva, Switzerland Switzerland High-Level side-event: Forcible transfer of the € 3.000 Population in Syria Geneva, Switzerland Switzerland Diplohack project - monitoring tool € 48.823 Geneva, Switzerland Switzerland Side-event Human Rights Council 38: How to engage € 27.380 Men and Boys Havana, Cuba Cuba Various small projects € 16.096 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Legal Aid Assistance and Shelter € 14.459

| 55 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Confidential € 49.179 Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Networking reception HIV/AIDS € 3.652 Kinshasa, DRC DRC Human rights promotion and protection in the electoral € 299.200 context Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Advanced Training Program Legal Representation of € 4.676 Malaysia Children Manilla, Philippines Philippines 4th Manila International Dialogue on Human € 20.771 Trafficking Manilla, Philippines Philippines Confidential € 46.762 Manilla, Philippines Philippines Tanglaw Buhay Shelter € 6.395 Manilla, Philippines Philippines ID Assistance Marawi Response € 4.799 Manilla, Philippines Philippines LILIM – Ideals project € 8.559 Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique World Press Photo Project € 33.026 Ministry of Foreign China Receptor approach € 53.878 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Image Authentication and Categorization Tool € 94.444 Affairs Moscow, Russia Russia Various projects (confidential) € 810.000 Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Strengthening UNCT response to shrinking democratic € 203.568 space and police impunity - OHCHR New Delhi, India India NL Doet 2018 (Charity) € 1.788 New Delhi, India India Survivors of trafficking € 19.642 Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus Westfaelische Wilhems Universitat € 27.000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Human Rights Capstone Projects € 64.512 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Human Rights Capstone Project at Atyrau State € 7.405 University Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Promoting the impartiality principle in the justice € 78.120 system of Kazakhstan Panama-City, Panama Panama Activist meeting € 2.620 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Confronting Inequality Publication € 3.215 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa New Dawn Workshop € 9.620 Ramallah, Palestinian Israel BIMKOM - Planners for Planning Rights € 75.240 Territories Ramallah, Palestinian Palestinian Territories Yesh Din Volunteer for Human Rights € 160.930 Territories Ramallah, Palestinian Israel Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement € 62.700 Territories Ramallah, Palestinian Palestinian Territories Youth Peace Initiative 2018-2020 € 150.000 Territories Ramallah, Palestinian Palestinian Territories Storytelling Centre € 55.000 Territories Ramallah, Palestinian Israel, Palestinian Peace Bottom-Up € 48.824 Territories Territories Ramallah, Palestinian Israel, Palestinian Various projects (confidential) € 489.151 Territories Territories Sanaa, Yemen Yemen International Development Law Organization Roma € 110.000 San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica Confidential € 25.109 Sarajevo, Bosnia Bosnia-Herzegovina Prevention of child violence in digital environment € 51.129 Herzegovina

| 56 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Skopje, North North Macedonia Movies that Matter € 5.007 Macedonia Strasbourg, France France Action Plan Ukraine € 100.000 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Teaching Human Rights and Tolerance for Civic € 12.297 Education Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Foundation of Civic Education € 5.792 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Georgian Young Lawyers Association € 3.407 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Civic Education for All € 64.750 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Bringing Anti-Discrimination Legislation into Practice € 76.475 Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Mawtin Applied Think Tank for Shared Citizenship € 20.000 Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Through Each Other's Eyes Program 2016/17 € 1.004 Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Human Rights Consultancy 2018-2019 € 13.104 Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Human Rights Consultancy 2017-2018 € 726 Tel Aviv, Israel Israel Change in Israel’s Detention and Interrogation € 19.568 Conditions for Children in Police Stations Tel Aviv, Israel Israel, Palestinian Breakthrough in Israel's Detention System for Children € 7.212 Territories Vienna, Austria Austria Ideathon € 14.000 (PR OSCE) Vienna, Austria Austria Various small supporting activities € 2.500 (PR OSCE) Vienna, Austria Ukraine Dialogue for reform and social cohesion in Ukraine € 30.000 (PR OSCE) Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Framing the Transition € 14.910 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Film Education for Peace € 81.400 Total € 4.635.460

| 57 | 2 Expenditure from other funds, by theme

Theme: Freedom of expression & internet freedom Mission, country/ Project relates to/ Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region regio Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Towards Safe Environment for Free and Independent € 38.976 Journalism in Public Interest Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Support to WB Journalists in advocating media € 48.464 freedoms and safety of journalists Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Facts Do Matter! € 36.297 Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia Municipal election - the basis for a stronger democracy € 1.000 Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia #somtu offline € 2.000 Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia Human Rights day 2018 € 3.850 Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh Empowering citizens on Freedom of Expression € 31.632 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Cleveringa Lecture and Conference € 7.500 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Wesal - Independent theater troupes incubator € 10.887 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Theatre is a must - love and politics € 2.342 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Face to Face training € 16.000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Discussion forum on identity € 3.500 Malaysia Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Dialogue and dissent: No news is bad news € 6.410.250 Affairs Oslo, Norway Norway Film screening 'Burma Storybook' – Human Rights Film € 1.620 Festival Oslo 2018 Pristina, Kosovo Kosovo Empowering Media for Democracy € 50.000 Riga, Latvia Latvia Newsroom Safety Training for Editors and Journalists € 2.323 from Latvia Riga, Latvia Latvia Tip-sheets for media professionals € 970 Riga, Latvia Latvia Movies that matter, International Human Rights day € 1.141 Riga, Latvia Latvia Baltic Public Service Media Creative Forum € 3.205 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Golden Falcon Film Festival € 45.000 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Speak Campaign € 30.000 Dominican Republic Tirana, Albania Albania Constructive journalism in Albania € 24.000 Tirana, Albania Albania Albanian Media Scene vs. European Standards: What € 4.848 rule of law in the media sector? Tripoli, Libya Libya Make it work, make it grow € 3.818.992 Total € 10.594.797

| 58 | Theme: Freedom of religion and belief Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh Strengthening dialogue between religious and ethnic € 27.091 communities Paris, France France Partnership Anne Frank Foundation France € 5.000 Total € 32.091

Theme: Equal rights for women and girls Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Sustaining and Scaling up of GBV Prevention and € 900.000 Response Intervention in Maiduguri Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Women and Girls Safety and Healing in Borno State, € 600.000 North Eastern Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Jogbo - A Stage Play € 9.000 Ankara, Turkey Turkey Confidential € 32.598 Bamako, Mali Mali Debbo Alafia "Women relieved of their burdens" € 4.451.317 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Increasing Effectiveness of Police in Prevention of € 32.122 Gender-Based Violence Dakar, Senegal Cabo Verde Mediation in family conflicts and legal assistance for € 19.947 women in vulnerable situations Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh Image Plus € 435.812 Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh Shokhi € 114.427 Doha, Qatar Qatar KNVB WorldCoaches program € 24.990 Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam Improve the legal framework for sexual violence € 46.026 against women and girls by providing sufficient evidence and improving civil society organization capacity for communication Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Ground Up: Movement Building for Political Accounta- € 108.732 bility Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Building Capacity of Girls and Young Women in € 65.875 Zimbabwe Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Women’s Action for Better Workplaces project € 355.364 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Women’s leadership for accountability governance € 614.580 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Women’s economic and political rights through € 19.134 advocacy Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Lobbying and Advocacy for Women Leadership € 30.568 Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Advocacy for women rights and counter gender-based € 32.697 violence Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Equally Loud € 167.674 Istanbul, Turkey Turkey Confidential € 26.310 Juba, South-Sudan South Sudan Promoting women’s role in peace building and € 2.385.016 gender-based violence prevention in South Sudan Cairo, Egypt Egypt 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human € 2.033 Rights: Film Screening and Discussion Kinshasa, DRC DRC Improving sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) € 27.799 among 7.800 vulnerable women in Eastern DRC Kuwait, Kuwait Bahrein Ethical Leadership: From "Ability to Influence" to € 9.492 "Influence with Honor"

| 59 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Manilla, Philippines Philippines PINSAN - 3Ds Strategies € 212.477 Manilla, Philippines Philippines Asserting rights to land, food and resources in the € 34.417 Philippines Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Count Me In! € 6.410.250 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Girls Advocacy Alliance € 9.379.537 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide AYNI Indigenous Women Fund € 1.500.000 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide African Women's Development Fund € 7.500.000 Affairs New Delhi, India India Advocating against restrictions faced by women human € 16.208 rights defenders in Nepal New Delhi, India India Ending Sexual Harassment: Making Institutions € 81.842 Accountable towards Women Workers in the Informal Sector New Delhi, India India Empowerment of Social Activist through Advocacy/ € 37.435 Lobbying Techniques to address Religious Intolerance New Delhi, India India Barefoot negotiators for equal rights for women € 30.551 New Delhi, India India Ensuring equal rights for women, political participation € 15.921 & prevention of violence against women New Delhi, India India Dignified and Just lives for Dalit Women in Far-West € 30.171 Nepal Ottawa, Canada Canada Orange The World 2018 € 129.127 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa SheDecides/Malibongwe € 4.314 Rabat, Morocco Morocco Promoting gender sensitive local governance within the € 26.703 Ministry of Interior Rabat, Morocco Morocco Système judiciaire, violence de genre et redevabilité € 72.234 envers les femmes Rabat, Morocco Morocco Pour un code de la famille en harmonie avec les € 44.974 engagements internationaux du Maroc Riga, Latvia Latvia Civil Society for Justice and Dignity - 100 handshakes € 2.500 for women's human rights San José, Costa Rica El Salvador Political incidence for women’s health and life € 123.328 San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica Short documentary on therapeutic abortion € 3.520 Tbilisi, Georgia Armenia Women’s Fund for Empowered Women from € 47.250 Marginalized Communities in Armenia Tirana, Albania Albania Women Entrepreneurship as Social Innovation € 25.400 Tirana, Albania Albania Strengthening democracy in healthcare by respecting € 16.270 human rights (sex selection abortion) Tirana, Albania Albania Building police workers' capacities to respond € 37.300 effectively to victims of trafficking, domestic violence and hate crimes Tirana, Albania Albania United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: € 3.855 Women's rights - From Concept to Albanian Reality Tripoli, Libya Libya Advancing Libyan Women's Participation During the € 500.000 Transition Tripoli, Libya Libya Sports for All € 23.608 Tripoli, Libya Libya Freedom Fields € 30.000 Total € 36.850.705

| 60 | Theme: Human Rights Defenders Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Dakar, Senegal Senegal Concert 70 years Universal Declaration Human Rights € 7.500 Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Combating Impunity and Promoting Human Rights € 132.153 Accountability Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Human Rights Defenders Focal Point meeting € 300 Lisbon, Portugal Portugal Cartoon Competition "How to Build Sustainable € 4.809 Peace?" Ministry of Foreign Worldwide The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law Core € 880.000 Affairs Support Ministry of Foreign Worldwide CIVICUS programme support € 2.000.000 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Freedom from fear € 12.998.000 Affairs Sarajevo, Bosnia Bosnia-Herzegovina Staying Safe – Security Net for Women Human Rights € 4.758 Herzegovina Defenders Sarajevo, Bosnia Bosnia-Herzegovina Social inclusion and integration of Roma children € 50.173 Herzegovina Tirana, Albania Albania Leveraging and Bridging Legal Aid Services Closer at € 9.778 Local Level through Collaborative Network Total 16.087.471

Theme: Equal rights for LGBTI Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/regions) Algiers, Algeria Algeria Various projects (confidential) € 18.768 Bamako, Mali Mali Confidential € 31.725 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Intersex - Building an intersectional platform € 19.990 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Enhancing Access to Justice for LGBTIQ People in Serbia € 46.388 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro The Way Forward for Equality of LGBT People € 42.503 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia, Montenegro Access to Justice - Right, not a privilege € 32.409 Bucharest, Romania Romania OUTReach Romania € 4.500 Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Promoting the rights of LGBT victims of the armed € 87.731 conflict in Colombia Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Datalab: Excavating the new Homophobia € 1.595 Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia LGBT Professionals 2018 - IDAHOT € 700 Brussel, Belgium Belgium IDAHOT - Orange is always part of the rainbow: Stories € 2.700 of LGBTI Refugees Istanbul, Turkey Turkey Confidential € 66.050 Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Rwandan LGBTI situation analysis € 2.555 Cairo, Egypt Egypt IDAHOT film screening and reception € 730 Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Partnership for Rights, Inclusivity, Diversity and Equality € 3.846.150 Affairs (PRIDE) Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Tajikistan Capacity building for LGBT in Tajikistan € 24.999 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan IDAHOT 2018 € 2.300 Ottawa, Canada Canada LGBTQI2 Rights Events Ottawa, May 10 (Tulip Festival) € 624.666 Paris, France France Quinzaine en Marche des Fiertés € 21.000 Pretoria, South Africa South Africa IDAHOT Day event € 1.643

| 61 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/regions) Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Building Bridges Influentials Program € 67.800 Pristina, Kosovo Kosovo Improving the position of the LGBT members in Kosovo € 5.416 Pristina, Kosovo Kosovo Advancing the LGBT Community's Position in Society € 52.000 Riga, Latvia Latvia Baltic Pride 2018 – Celebration of Personal Freedoms € 2.000 San José, Costa Rica Honduras Strengthening inclusion of LGBTI people in Honduras € 205.192 Sarajevo, Bosnia Bosnia-Herzegovina Public Policy for equality of LGBTI people € 31.342 Herzegovina Skopje, North North Macedonia The Parliament and Local Self-Governments Moving € 85.602 Macedonia Ahead with LGBTI Rights Tirana, Albania Albania Empower the Protection of Intersex People € 60.000 Tirana, Albania Albania LGBT Shelter € 10.000 Wellington, New- New Zeeland "Belonging / Not Belonging Creating Space for € 1.673 Zeeland Difference(s) as a Human Right" (film screening) Zagreb, Croatia Croatia IDAHOT 2018 € 4.050 Total € 5.404.177

Theme: Promoting the international rule based order / fight against impunity Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Accra, Ghana Ghana Promoting Social Accountability in Ghana € 100.170 Bagdad, Iraq Iraq Anti-Corruption Index € 100.000 Bamako, Mali Mali Tien Sira "The path of truth" € 1.535.568 Bamako, Mali Mali Prison project Mandela € 2.144.830 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Legal Education Innovators seeding respect for laws for € 38.748 younger generation Bucharest, Romania Moldova Promoting the rule of law and contributing to € 44.718 strengthen the integrity system Bucharest, Romania Moldova LEAD 2019 - Leadership Program for Moldovan Young € 28.000 Legal Professionals 3rd ed. Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Support to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in € 96.193 management of information and files, communication strategy and pedagogy for witnesses Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Project to improve participation of women, peasants € 59.958 and indigenous victims in Integral System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Repetition Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Project to empower families of victims of enforced € 16.842 disappearance and Missing persons Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Building Truth, Justice and Peace with victims of the € 80.519 armed conflict in Urabá and Bajo Atrato Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Children and adolescents affected by the armed conflict € 56.696 in Colombia Dakar, Senegal Senegal Dakar Talks € 114.000 Dakar, Senegal Senegal Human Rights Day film screening € 152.000 Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh Legal Response to Sexual and Gender Based Violence € 74.000 against Rohingya Women and Girls in Bangladesh Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam Strengthening youth leadership and participation for € 56.645 changes in Youth SRHR policies and legislation in Vietnam

| 62 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Juba, South-Sudan South Sudan Access to Justice and Rule of Law 2 € 674.591 Kabul, Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghan Justice Institutions € 327.819 Kabul, Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan Rights Monitor € 409.724 Kabul, Afghanistan Afghanistan Gender Northern Afghanistan € 127.072 Kabul, Afghanistan Afghanistan The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusam- € 309.783 menarbeit - Rule of Law Kabul, Afghanistan Afghanistan Rule of Law Kunduz 3rd edition € 2.388.958 Kabul, Afghanistan Afghanistan Women's Security Afghanistan € 38.029 Manilla, Philippines Philippines Basilan and Sulu Nonviolent Peaceforce support € 19.890 Manilla, Philippines Philippines Marawi IDP Demand Accountability of Stakeholders € 12.897 Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Conducive environments for effective policy € 6.721.769 Affairs Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Capacitating Change: Empowering People in Fragile € 3.900.000 Affairs Contexts Paris, France France Seminars European Council on Foreign Relations € 12.000 Strasbourg, France Council of Europe Promotion rule of law € 400.000 region Tripoli, Libya Libya Human Rights Archive Phase 2 € 123.961 Tripoli, Libya Libya Combating Impunity for International Crimes in Egypt, € 970.000 Libya and Tunisia Total € 21.135.380

Theme: Human rights in general Mission, country/ Project relates to/ Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region regio Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia Cleveringa Lecture 2018 € 15.000 Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia Human Library Kosice € 1.900 Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights € 7.500.000 Affairs Ramallah, Palestinian Palestinian Territories The Independent Commission for Human Rights € 264.000 Territories 2017-2019 Sana’a Yemen Aden Office - OHCHR € 1.000.000 Zagreb, Croatia Croatia Human rights and peace award € 3.512 Total € 8.784.412

Theme: Business and Human Rights Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Bagdad, Iraq Iraq Economic empowerment through fashion € 99.990 New Delhi, India India Strengthening the worldwide movement against child € 25.000 labour towards roadmap 2016 and beyond 2015 Tirana, Albania Albania Promoting and enhancing Corporate Social Responsibi- € 29.289 lity in Albania Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Center for responsible business conduct € 50.000 Total € 204.279

| 63 | Theme: Gross human rights violations Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Kinshasa, DRC DRC International Human Rights Day € 62.128 Kinshasa, DRC DRC Femme O Fone phase 2 € 118.859 Ministry of Foreign Worldwide Victims of Torture Fund - OHCHR € 100.000 Affairs Paris, France France Commémoration Orry-la-Ville € 75.000 Tirana, Albania Albania Opera Anne & Zef € 15.000 Tripoli, Libya Libya Reform of detention in reform- and rehabilitation € 25.000 institutions Total € 395.987

Other Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Amman, Jordan Palestinian Territories Storytelling to Build Bridges € 55.000 Ankara, Turkey Turkey Various projects (confidential) € 300.682 Bagdad, Iraq Iraq Human Rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq € 100.000 Bagdad, Iraq Iraq Youth Council Kurdistan € 85.000 Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Confidential € 100.000 Bamako, Mali Mali Accountable local governance € 3.779.481 Bamako, Mali Mali Integrity Idols € 99.092 Bucharest, Romania Moldova Fostering Competitive 2018 Parliamentary Elections € 43.704 Through Information About Political Parties Bucharest, Romania Moldova Observing the Parliamentary Elections in the Republic € 65.000 of Moldova Bucharest, Romania Moldova Mapping potential vulnerabilities for foreign meddling € 15.000 in Moldova’s parliamentary elections Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Support to the Truth Commission to carry out its € 330.146 mandate through five projects Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Support for The Unidad de Búsqueda for the participa- € 280.489 tion of family members, communities and ethnic peoples in the definition and implementation Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Forced Disappearance in Guaviare and Boyacá: € 39.417 consolidating the role of family and community in the territorial implementation of the mandate of the Unidad de Busqueda Bogotá, Colombia Colombia Policy advice inside the Colombian peace process € 45.000 Brussels, Belgium Belgium Cruyff Court Molenbeek € 1.800 Dakar, Senegal Senegal Transparantie en multisectoriële dialoog voor een € 151.360 transparant en inclusief beheer van publieke financiën en minerale grondstoffen, in het voordeel van kwetsbare bevolkingsgroepen Dakar, Senegal Senegal Engagement of private sector in protection of the € 46.579 environment in the Saloum Delta Istanbul, Turkey Turkey Confidential € 48.800 Cairo, Egypt Egypt Scaling up skills for employability, Social Stability and € 36.113 Economic Development Project Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Tajikistan Rights of people with disabilities in Tajikistan € 24.993

| 64 | Mission, country/ Project relates to Project/activity Expenditure in EUR region (country/region) Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Rural women’s leadership for the 2030 Agenda for € 12.980 sustainable development in Kyrgyzstan Pretoria, South Africa South Africa Short film Human Rights partners € 14.918 Rabat, Morocco Morocco Indimaj: Capacity building - train and support the € 88.857 integration of migrants Rabat, Morocco Morocco Economic and social inclusion of young people from € 15.964 marginisalised neighbourhoods of Casablanca Riga, Latvia Latvia Events for International Holocaust Remembrance Day € 17.700 Tirana, Albania Albania Contribution for a better respect of the rights of asylum € 8.000 seekers and refugees in Albania Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Independent living initiative € 55.000 Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar Project on right of access to water € 66.000 Total € 5.927.075

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