Publications

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Analysis/study | 03/2022

Human rights in the palm oil sector

The responsibility of purchasing companies: Limits and potentials of certification

This study is a mainly qualitative analysis and evaluation of issues found along palm oil supply chains. In view of current literature and interviewee reports and statements the study’s findings are significant: Not all challenges can be solved with…

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Annual Report | 03/2022

Annual Report 2020

In our strategic planning for 2019–2023, the Institute identified three key responsibilities that it would prioritise in its work. The first responsibility is to strengthen social cohesion. The second responsibility is to make human rights a positive force as…

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Other publications | 03/2022

Concept for a National Rapporteur Mechanism on trafficking in human beings

Within a project funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR: Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte) has been developing a concept for one (or two) National…

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Other publications | 03/2022

Concept for a National Rapporteur Mechanism on gender-based violence

Within a project funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR: Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte) has been developing a concept for one (or two) National…

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Other publications | 12/2021

Selected resources for human rights-based evaluation

This document provides an overview of selected accessible resources for human rights-based evaluation. It represents a snapshot as of December 2021 and may serve as a starting point to dive deeper into approaches, guidelines and frameworks as well as tools for…

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Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany | 12/2021

Executive Summary: Development of the human rights situation in Germany. July 2020 — June 2021

Report to the German Federal Parliament in accordance with section 2 (5) of the Act on the Legal Status and Mandate of the German Institute for Human Rights

Sixth Report report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany to the German Federal Parliament.

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Other publications | 11/2021

Rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the context of climate justice activism

Call for inputs by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for his report to be presented at the 76th session of the General Assembly Submission from May 2021. Deutsche Version der Eingabe

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Analysis/study | 10/2021

Ending Live-in Care Workers’ Labour Exploitation in the European Union

Lessons from Germany

This study sheds light on the working and living conditions of so-called live-in care workers in Germany. Live-ins are usually female migrant workers who provide domestic and care work for elderly people in their private homes. They often complement the work…

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Statement | 10/2021

International recognition of a human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

In this Position Paper the current status of the establishment of the right to a healthy environment, as well as arguments for and against its establishment by resolution are examined.

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