The Rights Forum

What The Rights Forum does

The Rights Forum (Stichting The Rights Forum) is a Dutch non-profit foundation established in 2007 and headquartered in Amsterdam that conducts advocacy, research, and public campaigning on Palestinian rights and Israeli-Palestinian conflict issues through the lens of international law. The organization maintains a WordPress-based website (rightsforum.org) that publishes news, opinion pieces, dossiers, reports, and event listings in Dutch, alongside an Instagram channel, an email newsletter, and a Telegram presence. Its operational technology is a standard content management system with donation and petition modules — no mobile app, public API, or proprietary software product is offered.

The Rights Forum's substantive activities include organizing recurring physical demonstrations (sit-ins, reading vigils, station protests) across at least ten Dutch cities, driving targeted petition campaigns (notably against F-35 parts deliveries to Israel, against Booking.com, and in support of the International Criminal Court), and co-publishing investigative reports with partner human rights organizations such as Yesh Din. It also documents attacks on UNRWA and campaigns for continued European funding of Palestinian refugee operations. The organization's primary 'customers' are Dutch and EU policymakers it seeks to influence, while its donor base consists of individual supporters signing petitions, attending events, and contributing money.

The business model is donation-funded. The Foundation holds ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) status from the Dutch tax authority, making contributions tax-deductible. Donors can give one-time or periodic gifts at standardized tiers ranging from €8 to €100 (or custom amounts), with a Schenkovereenkomst multi-year commitment option (minimum 5 years) available for Dutch taxpayers. With a headcount of 6 and no disclosed corporate sponsors, government grants, or institutional anchor funding, the organization runs as a lean advocacy NGO financed primarily by long-tail individual giving.

Name

The Rights Forum

Legal name

Stichting The Rights Forum

Website

https://rightsforum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Rights Forum is a Dutch non-profit foundation (Stichting) established in 2007 that advocates for Palestinian rights, documents violations of international law, and campaigns to influence Dutch and EU policy via petitions, reports, and grassroots demonstrations, funded primarily by individual donations under ANBI tax-deductible status.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Palestinian rights
• Nonprofit foundation
• International law advocacy
• Policy campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: The Rights Forum operates as a non-profit organization (Stichting) that relies on donations from supporters. They accept one-time and periodic donations, with options for tax-deductible gifts through schenkovereenkomst (donation agreements) for Dutch taxpayers. The organization is registered as ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling), making donations tax-deductible in the Netherlands.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Rights Forum is a Dutch non-profit foundation that runs advocacy campaigns, petitions, and public demonstrations focused on Palestinian rights and Israeli compliance with international law. It maintains an online Knowledge Base (Kennisbank) of dossiers, reports, and background articles, and publishes opinion pieces and news on the Israel/Palestine question. The organization is funded through donations from individual supporters and operates with ANBI status in the Netherlands.

Product overview

The Rights Forum is a Dutch human rights advocacy organization (Stichting The Rights Forum) focused on promoting Palestinian rights and documenting the Israel-Palestine issue. The organization operates a content-based website that publishes news, opinion pieces, campaigns, petitions, event calendars, and educational resources (dossiers, documentaries, book collections, and reports). It is not a technology product company with a software platform. Its activities include advocacy campaigns, petitions, organizing events and demonstrations, maintaining a knowledge base on Palestinian rights and international law, and facilitating donations through its website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advocacy Campaigns (Campagnes)
• Knowledge Base (Kennisbank)
• Events and Demonstrations Program

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Yesh DincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015The Rights Forum co-published the report 'Under the Radar: Israel's silent policy of transforming unauthorized outposts into official settlements' with Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din in 2015. The report documented how successive Israeli governments secretly supported the development of illegal 'outposts' into official settlements.
• UNRWAminorOthersThe Rights Forum advocates for and supports UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), documenting attacks on the organization and campaigning for continued funding and protection of Palestinian refugee rights.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Oxfam Novib: Dutch affiliate of Oxfam International, focused on global justice, humanitarian aid, and development including Palestine programming. Comparable as a large Dutch ANBI-registered advocacy and humanitarian organization with multi-channel donor engagement and policy campaigns.
• Amnesty International Netherlands: Dutch national section of Amnesty International, a leading global human rights organization. Comparable to The Rights Forum as both engage in Dutch public advocacy, publish reports on international law, and run campaigns targeting Dutch government and corporate complicity in rights violations, including Israel/Palestine.
• Human Rights Watch (Netherlands office): Global human rights organization that extensively documents Israel/Palestine issues and conducts advocacy targeting European governments. Comparable in the international law documentation and ICC-related advocacy work that The Rights Forum also pursues.

Direct peers

• PAX (Pax Christi Netherlands): Dutch peace organization actively campaigning on Israel/Palestine issues and the broader Middle East. Directly comparable as a Netherlands-based advocacy nonprofit using campaigns, reports, and policy engagement to influence Dutch and EU foreign policy on conflict zones.
• Al-Haq: Palestinian human rights organization documenting violations of international law and engaging with ICC mechanisms. Comparable to The Rights Forum in its international-law-centric approach to Palestinian rights advocacy and accountability work.
• BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights: Palestinian NGO producing research and advocacy on refugee rights, displacement, and international law. Comparable in its documentation/research-driven approach and international-law framing, areas where The Rights Forum positions its differentiated value proposition.
• Netherlands Palestine Committee (Palestijnse Komitee Nederland): Long-standing Dutch grassroots organization focused on Palestinian solidarity and BDS advocacy. Directly comparable as a Netherlands-based, donation-funded advocacy nonprofit operating campaigns and grassroots mobilization on the same single-issue focus as The Rights Forum.
• B'Tselem: Israeli human rights organization documenting occupation-related violations and international law breaches. The Rights Forum's co-publication partner Yesh Din is similar, and B'Tselem serves as a parallel primary-source documentation peer in the same field.

Emerging players

• ICJ Netherlands Committee (Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten / NJCM): Dutch human rights legal organization engaging in strategic litigation, ICC-related cases, and policy advocacy. Comparable in its Netherlands-based, international-law-oriented advocacy approach and use of legal mechanisms for accountability—areas that align with The Rights Forum's Hague/ICC positioning.

Regional players

• European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP): European umbrella network coordinating Palestinian rights advocacy across European countries. Comparable as it channels European-level advocacy, BDS campaigns, and policy engagement on the same issue The Rights Forum addresses at the Dutch national level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-rights-forum

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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