Appeal to Dutch Finance Ministry: please initiate an annulment procedure for the EU Travel Rule regulation to protect the human rights in Europe!

This morning, the founder of the Foundation Human Rights in Finance.EU, Simon Lelieveldt, sent the following message to (the staff of) Minister Kaag of Finance. “With gratitude for the granted additional time to respond, I hereby send my response to the consultation Implementation Act VO (2023/1113) on money transfers and transfers of crypto assets, along with related information.” In this … Read more

HRIF.EU calls for a better protection of human rights in everyday finance….

Financial institutions need to respect en promote the proper application of fundamental human rights. We all agree on that. But when we hear financial institutions explaining that they abide with the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human rights (UNGPs) in the context of the finance sector, they mostly mean to say they will check whether their financial products do … Read more