Publications

Hesse is the first federal state to commission the development of a federal state-level monitoring system for the implementation of children's rights. The monitoring system is intended to observe and assess the social and legal realities of life for more than…

The German Institute for Human Rights (Institute) was commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office in 2021 to prepare a National Baseline Assessment (NBA) for the update of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP) and, to develop proposals in…

As an annex to the e-info-tool The ABC of Human Rights for Development Cooperation which explains the international human rights system, this publication outlines the basic features of the African human rights system. This publication seeks to encourage…

This paper is one of a series of tools designed to help development cooperation actors put the human rights-based approach into practice. A full list of resources can be found at the end of the document.

Das Deutsche Institut für Menschenrechte (DIMR) wurde 2021 vom Auswärtigen Amt beauftragt, ein National Baseline Assessment (NBA) für die Fortschreibung des Nationalen Aktionsplans Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte (NAP) zu erstellen und damit verbunden Vorschläge…

The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (Trafficking Convention) and the EU Directive…

In March 2018, the European Commission published its Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth. Part of the plan calls for the EU to develop classification systems for environmentally and socially sustainable activities to help direct private sector…

Statement by the German Institute for Human Rights on the European Commission‘s proposal on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (EU CSDD).

The study examines the human rights impacts of climate mitigation and adaptation measures in specific sectors, such as renewable energy, conservation, transportation, housing and construction. To do so, it draws on a number of case studies from different…

This paper demonstrates the extent to which Germany has a duty to protect the basic and human rights of people in Afghanistan as a consequence of the international military mission and the withdrawal of international troops. This duty is about protecting…