Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
World Uyghur Congress (WUC)
EU Transparency Register
25155107085-31 First registered on 07 Nov 2011
Goals / Remit
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is an international organization based in Munich, Germany, that represents the collective interest of the Uyghur people both in East Turkistan (also known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Peoples Republic of China ‘PRC’) and abroad. The main objective of WUC is to highlight the severe human rights atrocities being committed against the Uyghur people, and promote democracy and freedom for the Uyghur people.
Main EU files targeted
The WUC performs some lobbying activities in relation to the EU and European Parliament. In particular, the WUC meets with MEPs to update them on the deteriorating situation in the Uyghur Autonomous Region/East Turkistan and push for European action to alleviate their situation. The WUC is focused on EU foreign policy, particularly its relations with China. We advocate for human rights to be fully integrated in the EU's relations with China and for the Uyghur issue to be raised.
Address
Head Office
Karl-Theodor-Strasse 93
Munich 80796
GERMANYEU Office
Rue de Trèves 49
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Dolkun ISA 30 Sep 2024 30 Sep 2025 Sheila Ann Riek 29 May 2024 01 Nov 2024 Patricia CARRIER 12 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Dolkun ISA 13 Sep 2023 13 Sep 2024 Ms Sheila Ann RIEK 23 Mar 2023 23 Mar 2024 Mr Koen STOOP 01 Dec 2022 23 Apr 2023 Dolkun ISA 16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2023 Mr Koen STOOP 25 Nov 2021 25 Nov 2022 Mr Koen STOOP 08 Oct 2020 08 Oct 2021 Dolkun ISA 20 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020 Mr Ryan Barry 07 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Mr Peter IRWIN 27 Oct 2017 20 Oct 2018 Mr Ekrem HEZIM 27 Oct 2017 20 Oct 2018 Mr Ryan Barry 27 Jun 2017 23 Jun 2018 Dolkun ISA 27 Jun 2017 23 Jun 2018 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
The WUC Congress is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO). The Belgian contact address provided is UNPO's Belgian office, who we work with closely in our engagement with the EU.
Website: https://unpo.org/member/east-turkestan/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
619,871€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution National Endowment For Democracy (NED) 391,509€ Contribution American Center for International Labour Solidarity 138,435€ Contribution Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) 19,613€ Contribution The SENECA Trust 11,565€ Other financial info
The World Uyghur Congress received in the financial year of 2023 various donations, which amount to 45.475,03€ as well as smaller grants of less than 10.000€ each.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The World Uyghur Congress works with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation to implement its advocacy strategy in the institutions of the European Union. In 2022, a Uyghur friendship group was re-established in the European Parliament. With the group as a network for action, we intend to organise a number of conferences on specific human rights violations against Uyghurs and try to raise greater awareness of the situation of the Uyghur people.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 17 Nov 2022 Location video conference Subject forced labour Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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