Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte

Bericht über die Entwicklung der Menschenrechtssituation in Deutschland (Berichtszeitraum Juli 2024 bis Juni 2025)

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 December 2025

Jahresbericht 2024

Germany · German Bundestag · 27 October 2025

Überblick über die Schwerpunkte der Arbeit des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte im Jahr 2024; Themen: Wohnungslosigkeit, Kinderarbeit in Deutschland, Gewalt gegen Frauen, Rechte älterer Frauen, Inklusion von Menschen mit Behinderungen, Arbeitsausbeutung, Menschenrechte im Sport, Bekämpfung von Hunger, Gerechtigkeit für DDR-Vertragsarbeiter aus Mosambik, Anerkennung der geschlechtlichen Selbstbestimmung, Biodiversität und Menschenrechte, Herausforderungen klimapolitischer Maßnahmen

Jahresbericht 2023

Germany · German Bundestag · 9 September 2025

Überblick über die Schwerpunkte der Arbeit des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte im Jahr 2023; Themen: Stärkung des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts, der Menschenrechte und des Rechtsstaats, Klimawandel

Bericht über die Entwicklung der Menschenrechtssituation in Deutschland (Berichtszeitraum Juli 2023 bis Juni 2024)

Germany · German Bundestag · 21 August 2025

Zentrale Entwicklungen in den Themenfeldern Schutz von Geflüchteten, Wohnungslosigkeit, Exklusion von Menschen mit Behinderungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, ausbeuterische Arbeitsbedingungen von Wanderarbeitnehmern sowie menschenrechtliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen; Deutschland im Menschenrechtsschutzsystem

Bericht über die Entwicklung der Menschenrechtssituation in Deutschland (Berichtszeitraum Juli 2023 bis Juni 2024)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 December 2024

Zentrale Entwicklungen in den Themenfeldern Schutz von Geflüchteten, Wohnungslosigkeit, Exklusion von Menschen mit Behinderungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, ausbeuterische Arbeitsbedingungen von Wanderarbeitnehmern sowie menschenrechtliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen; Deutschland im Menschenrechtsschutzsystem

Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany in the period July 2022 to June 2023

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 December 2023

Risks of racist discrimination through police data processing, protection against gender-specific violence, protection of freedom of assembly against climate protests and climate actions, political participation of children and young people, legal protection against discrimination for people with disabilities, barrier-free living space; Germany in the human rights protection system

Annual report 2022

Germany · German Bundestag · 17 July 2023

Overview of the focus of the work of the German Institute for Human Rights in 2022; Topics: Gender-specific violence, inclusive schooling, racial discrimination, working conditions in home care, human rights and major sporting events, human trafficking, rights of people with disabilities, children's rights, rights of older people, climate and sustainability, asylum and migration

Jahresbericht 2023

Germany · German Bundestag · 29 July 2024

Überblick über die Schwerpunkte der Arbeit des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte im Jahr 2023; Themen: Stärkung des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts, der Menschenrechte und des Rechtsstaats, Klimawandel

Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany in the period July 2021 to June 2022

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 December 2022

Inclusive education for children and young people with disabilities – strengthen federal responsibility; Climate policy in Germany: human rights protection obligations; Dealing with those seeking protection at the EU's external borders with Belarus; Strengthen the rights of older people with a UN convention; child-friendly justice; health care for people with disabilities; Germany in the human rights protection system

Annual report 2021

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 December 2022

Overview of the focus of the work of the German Institute for Human Rights in 2021; Topics: global vaccination justice, human rights education in times of pandemic, homelessness, racist discrimination, antigypsyism, rights of older people, legal care, children's rights in family court proceedings, human trafficking, human rights and economics, human rights-based climate policy, asylum and migration

Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany in the period July 2020 to June 2021

Germany · German Bundestag · 23 December 2021

Germany in the human rights protection system, democratic constitutional state - racism and right-wing extremism, social rights - regulation of corporate due diligence in supply chains, protection against discrimination - the question of triage, asylum, flight and migration - family reunification, children's rights, people with disabilities - legal support, global vaccination equity

Annual report 2020

Germany · German Bundestag · 23 December 2021

Overview of the focus of the work of the German Institute for Human Rights in 2020; Topics: human rights dimension of the corona pandemic, companies' duty of care, sexual violence, implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, working conditions in home care, rights of older people, inclusive libraries, protection of refugee children, human rights at the EU's external borders, climate and sustainability, UN human rights protection system, rule of law, human rights education

Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany in the period July 2019 to June 2020

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 December 2020

Germany in the human rights protection system, young people with disabilities: recognized vocational training instead of special routes, deportation and illness: perspectives from practice and human rights obligations, developments in topics from previous human rights reports (homelessness, access to education for refugee children, business and human rights)

Jahresbericht 2019

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 December 2020

Das Deutsche Institut für Menschenrechte: 2019 im Überblick, Aufgaben und Abteilungen, internationaler Kontext; Themen: 10 Jahre UN­BRK in Deutschland, Umsetzung der UN­KRK: Staatenprüfung Deutschlands, Wohnungslose Menschen in Deutschland – Recht und Praxis der kommunalen Unterbringung, Die Kraft der Zivilgesellschaft, Unternehmen und Menschenrechte – Verhandlungen zu einem internationalen Abkommen; Blutiger Boden – Die Tatorte des NSU: Fotografen aus der gleichnamigen Ausstellung von Regina Schmeken; Daten und Fakten

Annual report 2018

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 December 2019

The German Institute for Human Rights: 2018 at a glance, tasks and departments, international context; Topics: combating gender-specific violence, KOMPASS - human rights education for young people, making migration compliant with human rights - the UN migration pact, right to mobility, children's rights indicators; Data and facts

Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany in the period July 2018 to June 2019

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 December 2019

Germany in the human rights protection system, homelessness: accommodation of homeless people by the municipalities, human rights education: quality feature of the training of educators and childhood educators, out-of-court remedies for those affected by human rights violations by companies abroad, developments in the subject areas of previous human rights reports

Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany in the period July 2017 to June 2018

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 December 2018

Germany in the human rights protection system, severe labor exploitation and wage claims of affected migrants in Germany, coercion in general psychiatry for adults, arms exports: role of human rights in the approval process, developments in topics from previous human rights reports: flight, exclusion of people with disabilities from voting rights, National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights

Annual report 2017

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 December 2018

The German Institute for Human Rights: 2017 at a glance, tasks and departments, international context; Topics: Giving the disappeared a voice, children's rights in the constitution, self-determined housing, protection against racism, early childhood human rights education, aiding and abetting human rights violations; Data and facts

Annual report 2016

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 December 2017

The German Institute for Human Rights: 2016 at a glance, tasks, central developments and departments; Topics: internal security, rights of older people in care, human right to education in the German school system, complaints options for children and young people, rights of people with disabilities, business and human rights; Data and facts

Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany (Reporting period July 2016 to June 2017)

Germany · German Bundestag · 8 December 2017

Germany in the human rights protection system, everyday life in communal accommodation in accordance with human rights, refugee people with disabilities: identification, accommodation and care, right of children to contact an imprisoned parent, developments in topics from previous human rights reports: flight, exclusion of people with disabilities from voting rights, national action plan for business and human rights

Annual report 2015

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 December 2016

The German Institute for Human Rights: 2015 at a glance, key developments, international context; Topics: Flight and asylum, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Germany's first state review procedure, freedom of religion, sustainability goals, participation; departments; Data and facts

Report on the development of the human rights situation in Germany (Reporting period January 2015 to July 2016)

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 December 2016

Germany's human rights obligations; Main topic of flight: political and social context, human rights situation of refugees in Germany; Exclusion of voting rights for people with disabilities; Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights