German Institute for Human Rights

German Institute for Human Rights V.
legal form	registered association
founding	March 8, 2001
Seat	Berlin
purpose	Research Institute, National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)
Chair	Beate Rudolf (director)
Website	www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de

The institute is based in Zimmerstrasse in Berlin-Mitte

The German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR) is a human rights organization based in Berlin . The registered association was founded on March 8, 2001. As a national human rights institution , DIMR works on the basis of the “Paris Principles” of the United Nations. It employs 62 full-time employees.

Since 2015 the "Law on the Legal Status and Tasks of the German Institute for Human Rights" has been authoritative. According to the law and the statutes, there is political independence, but the financing depends on the client (Bundestag) or the budget of the federal budget.

The institute also accompanies and monitors the implementation of the UN Disability Rights Convention and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child . Funding is primarily provided by the Bundestag ; Third-party funding is obtained for individual projects.

A board of trustees defines the guidelines for the content-related work .

Mission and activity

The mandate is stipulated by law and the statutes. The institute conducts interdisciplinary and application-oriented research on human rights issues and observes the human rights situation in Germany. It reports annually to the German Bundestag and writes statements for national and international courts (so-called amicus curiæ statements ) as well as international human rights bodies .

It works closely with the human rights bodies of the United Nations , the Council of Europe and the European Union . The institute is also a member of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions . The institute maintains a publicly accessible special library on human rights issues and conducts public relations work to promote human rights.

Other tasks include policy advice and information to the public about the human rights situation at home and abroad.

structure

Board

The institute's board consists of:

Beate Rudolf (Director) and Michael Windfuhr (Deputy Director)

Board of Trustees

Members of the Board of Trustees are:

• Sigrid Arnade , Managing Director, advocacy Independent Living in Germany eV
• Markus N. Beeko , General Secretary, Amnesty International , Section of the Federal Republic of Germany V.
• Mehmet Gürcan Daimagüler , lawyer
• Julia Duchrow , Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, Evangelical Work for Diakonie and Development eV, Bread for the World - Evangelical Development Service, Head of the Human Rights and Peace Department
• Henny Engels , LSVD, Lesbian and Gay Association , Federal Board
• Ute Granold , lawyer; Member of the Bundestag (2002-2013); Ob-Frau on the Human Rights and Humanitarian Committee
• Roland Jahn , the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic
• Markus Krajewski , Chairman of the Board of Trustees Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN)
• Michael Krennerich , University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg Human Rights Center (NMRZ)
• Martin Lessenthin , Board Spokesman , International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), German Section eV
• Markus Löning , former Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid
• Christian Mihr , Reporters Without Borders e. V., managing director of the German section
• Fabian Müller-Zetzsche , Social Association Germany e. V. (SoVD), Head of Social Policy
• Anja Nordmann , German Women's Council e. V., managing director
• Christine Schirrmacher , University of Bonn, Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies, Department of Islamic Studies and Middle East Languages
• Frank Schwabe , Member of the German Bundestag, spokesman for human rights and humanitarian aid in the SPD parliamentary group
• Beate Wagner , Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, Managing Director, Global Young Academy , former Secretary General of the DGVN - German Society for the United Nations
• Matthias Zimmer , Member of the German Bundestag, member of the committee for human rights and humanitarian aid of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group

Non-voting members

• Jürgen Dusel , Federal Government Commissioner for the Issues of People with Disabilities
• Bernd Fabritius , Federal Government Commissioner for Resettled Issues and National Minorities
• Bärbel Kofler , Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid
• Michael Maier-Borst , Head of the Escape and Asylum Division in the Office of the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
• Birgit Pickel , Head of Division 40 - Democracy; Human rights; Equal rights; Social Development, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Miriam Saati , Head of the Children and Youth Department, Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth
• Mareike Wittenberg , Head of the Constitutional Law Department , Federal Ministry of Defense
• Almut Wittling-Vogel , Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Issues

Honorary Chairman 2004

• Werner Lottje (1946 - 2004), Chairman of the Board of Trustees 2001–2003, Head of the Politics and Campaigns Department of the Ecumenical Diakonia Department of the Diaconal Work of the Evangelical Church Germany a. D.

Web links

• Official website
• Online catalog of the library of the German Institute for Human Rights
• Beate Rudolf: Bringing Human Rights Home: On the role of national human rights institutions. (pdf; 3.7 MB) In: United Nations issue 4/2013. August 8, 2013, pp. 161–166 . 
• Human rights reports controversially assessed in the committee. German Bundestag, May 18, 2017. 
• German Institute for Human Rights: Development of the human rights situation in Germany January 2015 - June 2016. Report to the German Bundestag in accordance with § 2 Paragraph 5 DIMRG. (pdf; 1 MB) German Bundestag, 18th electoral term, printed matter 18/10615, December 7, 2016 . 

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Order of the institute. German Institute for Human Rights, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Employee biographies. German Institute for Human Rights, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
3. ^ National Human Rights Institutions . German Institute for Human Rights, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
4. ^ German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR). Humanrights.ch association, December 15, 2015, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Law on the legal status and tasks of the German Institute for Human Rights of July 16, 2015 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1194). juris , July 16, 2015, accessed April 14, 2018 . 
6. ↑ UN- CRPD monitoring agency - current. German Institute for Human Rights, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Monitoring point UN-CRC - current. German Institute for Human Rights, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
8. ^ Statutes of the registered association German Institute for Human Rights. German Institute for Human Rights, September 22, 2015, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). German Institute for Human Rights, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
10. ^ European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI). German Institute for Human Rights, accessed on April 14, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Board of Directors
12. ↑ Board of Trustees