Willy Fautré is the Director and Co-founder of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF),
a Brussels-based non-governmental organization founded in 1988. HRWF advocates for universal human rights, focusing particularly on religious and ethnic minorities, freedom of expression, and women’s rights.
Before establishing HRWF, Fautré served as chargé de mission in the Cabinet of the Belgian Ministry of Education and in the Belgian Parliament. He has conducted fact-finding missions in over twenty-five countries, including high-risk areas such as Iraq, Sandinista-era Nicaragua, and Maoist-controlled regions of Nepal.
He lectures at universities on international human rights and state-religion relations, and has authored numerous academic and policy publications in these fields. Fautré is a member of the Press Club Brussels Europe and a correspondent for The European Times. He also represents HRWF at the United Nations, the European Parliament, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
