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Information | 04/2018

National Human Rights Institutions and the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue

Showcasing that Climate Action should be Human Rights-Based

The Talanoa Dialogue on Climate Ambition organised throughout 2018 in the context of the UN climate negotiations offers a significant opportunity for all stakeholders, including National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), to frame climate ambition and action…

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Development cooperation | 04/2018

National Human Rights Institutions

The purpose of this information tool is as follows: Provide information about NHRIs Introduce NHRIs as strategic partners for German development cooperation Share examples of successful cooperation with NHRIs

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Other publications | 03/2018

Children’s Right to Contact with their Incarcerated Parent

A parent held in custody has a serious impact on a child’s well-being. It violates the right of the child to direct contact with their parents according to art. 9 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Convention also calls for ensuring the…

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Statement | 03/2018

Building on the UN Guiding Principles towards a Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights

Comments on the 'Elements for the Draft Legally Binding Instrument' of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises.

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Analysis/study | 12/2017

National Human Rights Institutions in Post-Conflict Situations

Mandates, Experiences and Challenges

How do National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) address the negative human rights impacts of dictatorial regimes and violent conflict, and thus successfully contribute to transitional justice? This is the focus of this study, which presents examples from the…

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Information | 12/2017

The Search for Victims of Enforced Disappearance

How the human rights obligation to search can be successfully implemented

The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance obliges contracting State Parties to search for disappeared persons. An investigation has to be conducted into the location and circumstances of their disappearance and,…

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Development cooperation | 12/2017

Working with civil society to promote LGBT-inclusion in Ukraine

Among the former Soviet Republics, Ukraine is one of the most progressive when it comes to protecting and pro-moting the human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans persons (LGBT). Ukraine was the first to decrimi-nalise same-sex sexual acts in 1991.…

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Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany | 12/2017

Executive Summary: Development of the human rights situation in Germany, July 2016—June 2017

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

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

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Analysis/study | 11/2017

Calculated Risk

Economic versus Human Rights Requirements of Corporate Risk Assessments

Human rights risk assessments help corporations to identify potential adverse effects of their business activities on human rights in order to avoid them, reduce them or compensate those affected. Corporations differ in their understanding of what constitutes…

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Information | 11/2017

Closing protection gaps in the human rights and business context

What transnational cooperation between the National Human Rights Institutions of Germany and Colombia has achieved

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) were developed to close the gap between transnational economic activities and the regulation of state duties and corporate responsibilities in the protection of human rights. The UNGP confirm that…

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