Publications

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Analysis/study | 03/2019

Human Rights in Practice: Child and Youth Participation

A Practical Example from German Development Policy

The present publication documents a participation process in the area of development policy and draws lessons for good participation from it. The process in question is a youth consultation held in 2015 and 2016 at the behest of the Federal Ministry for…

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Analysis/study | 01/2019

Bringing Human Rights into Fashion

Issues, challenges and underused potentials in the transnational garment industry

The transnational garment industry has the potential to be an engine for socio-economic development in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides ample employment opportunities, particularly for women, enabling – at least in theory – their economic empowerment.…

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Analysis/study | 12/2018

National Human Rights Institutions and their work on migrants’ human rights

Results of a survey among NHRIs

This analysis is based on a survey of NHRIs worldwide conducted in the summer of 2018. It aims to further the implementation of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) by NHRIs. Of the (then) 110 NHRIs worldwide accredited as being in…

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Other publications | 12/2018

Children’s Rights in National Human Rights Institutions

A Mapping Exercise

The present study provides information to GANHRI and its four regional networks on their members’ needs and experiences with regard to the promotion and protection of children’s rights. It is also a resource for knowledge exchange, providing information to…

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Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany | 12/2018

Executive Summary: Development of the human rights situation in Germany. July 2017 — June 2018

Report to the German Federal Parliament in accordance with sec. 2 para. 5 of the Act regarding the Legal Status and Mandate of the German Institute for Human Rights

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

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Statement | 10/2018

OEIGWG has come in from the cold. Will the EU do the same?

Position paper on the Zero Draft of a binding treaty presented by the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Companies and Other Business Enterprises

In July, the Open Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises, chaired by Ecuador, published the zero draft of the text of a treaty on business and human rights. This draft is the basis for negotiations in…

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Statement | 10/2018

The World Bank Inspection Panel and its leading role as an independent accountability mechanism for projectaffected people and communities

Comments on the specific potential additional roles for the Inspection Panel and how it compares to other mechanisms

Das Inspection Panel der Weltbank ist der erste Beschwerdemechanismus einer multilateralen Entwicklungsbank, an den sich Menschen wenden können, die meinen, von Entwicklungsvorhaben negativ betroffen zu sein.

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Annual Report | 09/2018

Annual Report 2017

The German Institute for Human Rights presents its focus of activities in 2017. Read about the Institute's positioning and priority-setting in respect to diverse human rights challenges. Get to know the individual departments and their thematic areas and learn…

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Information | 08/2018

National Human Rights Institutions and the 2018 UN Climate Conference

Incorporating Human Rights in the Implementation Guidelines of the Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement of 2015 represents a significant step for the promotion of human rights-based and people-centred climate policies. Critical to this are the implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement, which are currently being drafted and are planned…

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Analysis/study | 06/2018

Promote, Protect and Monitor

2017 Update Survey on Article 33 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Article 33 (2) of the CRPD requires state parties to have a structural framework in place to promote, protect and monitor the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (CRPD) at the national level. This “2017 Update Survey”,…

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