Human Rights House Foundation Fondation Privee

What Human Rights House Foundation Fondation Privee does

Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) is a Norwegian non-profit foundation, established in 1994, that establishes and supports Human Rights Houses — locally rooted coalitions of independent civil society organisations working to advance human rights in their respective countries. HRHF serves a network of 85+ civil society organisations across 13 Human Rights House locations spanning Eastern and Western Europe, the Balkans, and the Caucasus, with the Belarus Human Rights House currently operating from exile in Vilnius, Lithuania. Its core products and programmes include the Network of Human Rights Houses, international advocacy at the UN Human Rights Council and the OSCE, human rights defender protection activities, the ILIA Education Programme, and an Educational Human Rights House in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Knowledge products such as the Manual for Establishing a Human Rights House and governance frameworks (Code of Conduct, Good Governance guidelines) institutionalise the network's operating model.

HRHF's technology footprint is modest and conventional: the foundation uses Mailchimp for email distribution, Google Analytics for web traffic measurement, and embeds YouTube content for video dissemination — there is no proprietary platform, AI/ML capability, or data infrastructure referenced. The foundation operates from headquarters in Oslo and an advocacy office in Geneva, with a staff range of 11-50 employees, and is structured around programme, advocacy, communications, and network development functions.

HRHF's revenue model is that of a publicly funded non-profit: as a Norwegian foundation it likely draws primarily on grants from Norwegian government development cooperation (Norad), EU instruments, and potentially other European public donors. Detailed financial information — including audited annual budgets, funder mix, or grant concentration — is not publicly disclosed in the available data, representing a meaningful information gap for any external financial assessment.

Name

Human Rights House Foundation Fondation Privee

Legal name

Human Rights House Foundation

Website

https://humanrightshouse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Human Rights House Foundation is a Norwegian non-profit that establishes and supports a network of 13 Human Rights Houses serving 85+ independent civil society organisations across Europe, delivering advocacy, human rights defender protection, and education programmes funded by public donors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy & Civil Society Support

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Civil society support
• Defender protection programmes
• International advocacy networks
• Capacity building coalitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Human Rights House Foundation establishes and supports Human Rights Houses — coalitions of local independent civil society organisations that work together to advance human rights at home and abroad. It operates a transnational Network of 85+ CSOs across 13 locations in Eastern and Western Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus, and delivers international advocacy (UN, OSCE, Council of Europe), protection and capacity-building programmes for human rights defenders, and member resources including establishing manuals, visual guidelines and annual reports.

Product overview

Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF) is a non-profit organisation that establishes and supports Human Rights Houses – coalitions of local independent civil society organisations. Its core 'product' is the Network of Human Rights Houses, which unites 85+ CSOs across Eastern and Western Europe, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. HRHF offers advocacy programmes protecting human rights defenders, international advocacy at UN and OSCE bodies, and member resources including the Manual for Establishing a Human Rights House, Photo Archive, Visual Guidelines, and Annual Reports. HRHF does not offer commercial technology products or services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Network of Human Rights Houses A transnational network uniting 85+ civil society organisations across 13 locations in Eastern and Western Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus, providing a coalition-based platform for collaboration and solidarity among independent human rights organisations.
• Human Rights Houses (Coalitions) Local coalitions of independent civil society organisations working to advance human rights at home and abroad, currently active in Yerevan, Baku, Vilnius (Belarus in exile), Banja Luka, Zagreb, Tbilisi, Bergen, Oslo, Warsaw, Belgrade, Chernihiv, Kyiv (Crimea in exile), and London.
• Human Rights Defender Protection Programmes and advocacy to protect and empower human rights defenders, including capacity-building, solidarity initiatives and international advocacy at the UN and OSCE.
• UN and International Advocacy Advocacy work at the UN Human Rights Council, OSCE, Council of Europe and other international bodies to promote human rights and civil society protections on behalf of network members.
• ILIA Education Programme An education programme for human rights defenders, with HRHF processing applications for participant selection and programme invitations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Network of Human Rights HousescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe network consists of 85+ civil society organisations in 13 locations (Armenia-Yerevan, Azerbaijan-Baku, Belarus-Vilnius, Bosnia and Herzegovina-Banja Luka, Croatia-Zagreb, Georgia-Tbilisi, Norway-Bergen, Norway-Oslo, Poland-Warsaw, Serbia-Belgrade, Ukraine-Chernihiv, Ukraine-Crimea/Kyiv, UK-London) working together to advance human rights. HRHF establishes and supports these Human Rights Houses.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Amnesty International: Amnesty International is the largest global human rights NGO with established UN advocacy; it operates a much broader portfolio than HRHF but competes for the same donor dollars and UN access for European/regional HRD work.
• Open Society Foundations: Open Society Foundations is the largest philanthropic funder of independent civil society in HRHF's geography, often acting as both a peer-advocate and a major donor to similar networks.
• Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch is a major established player in documentation, advocacy, and UN engagement across the same regions HRHF serves, with a substantially larger research and advocacy operation.

Direct peers

• Civil Rights Defenders: Civil Rights Defenders (Stockholm) supports HRDs and independent civil society in some of the same repressive jurisdictions HRHF serves (e.g., the Balkans, Eastern Europe), making it a directly comparable peer in mission and regional footprint.
• International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): FIDH federates 180+ national human rights organizations and conducts UN/OSCE advocacy from Paris and Geneva — directly comparable to HRHF's federation-plus-international-advocacy model.
• Front Line Defenders: Front Line Defenders is a Dublin-based international organization specifically focused on the protection of human rights defenders — directly comparable to HRHF's Human Rights Defender Protection programme, with comparable size and donor-funded model.
• ARTICLE 19: ARTICLE 19 focuses on freedom of expression and assembly — rights HRHF explicitly 'stands for' — and conducts UN/regional advocacy from London, overlapping with HRHF's thematic and geographic remit.
• Netherlands Helsinki Committee: The Netherlands Helsinki Committee advocates for human rights in the OSCE region (Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus) — a directly comparable regional HRD-protection and OSCE-advocacy peer.

Emerging players

• European Civic Forum: The European Civic Forum is a Brussels-based coalition focused on civic space in Europe — directly comparable as a European civil-society federator and EU-advocacy actor for CSOs.
• International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL): ICNL tracks and advocates against restrictive NGO and 'foreign agent' laws affecting civil society globally — directly relevant to the operating-environment risk HRHF's member CSOs face.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/HRHFoundation
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/HRHFoundation
• Facebookfacebook.com/humanrightshouse
• Instagraminstagram.com/humanrightshouse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/human-rights-house-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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