Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Issues
The Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Issues is an office that has existed since the 1970s. It is based in the Federal Ministry of Justice .
tasks
The Commissioner's tasks include representing the Federal Government before the European Court of Human Rights in its function as authorized representative and monitoring the consistent implementation of decisions by the Court of Justice in Germany. The Commissioner is involved in the various bodies and committees of the United Nations, the European Union and the Council of Europe to improve the global protection of human rights. The agent is u. a. Liaison officer for the European Fundamental Rights Agency and member of the board of trustees of the German Institute for Human Rights .
In addition, the Commissioner continuously works on the further development of human rights conventions of the Council of Europe and the United Nations and prepares state reports that show which measures Germany has implemented to fulfill its contractual obligations.
representative
Since December 2004 the office has been exercised by Almut Wittling-Vogel , who since September 1, 2011 has also headed the new sub-department for human rights, EU policy issues and international law at the BMJ.
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Federal Government Commissioner: Disarmament and Arms Control | Issues of emigrants and national minorities | Berlin move and Bonn compensation | Digitization | Drugs | Information technology | Jewish life and the fight against anti-Semitism | People with disabilities | Human rights issues (justice) | Human rights policy and humanitarian aid (Federal Foreign Office) | Migration, Refugees and Integration | Middle class | New federal states | Victims and survivors of domestic terrorist offenses | Patients | Rail transport | Tourism | Worldwide religious freedom
Federal Commissioner: Data Protection and Freedom of Information | Energetic building | Franco-German cooperation | Intelligence Services | State Security Service records | Economic efficiency in administration | Payments to the conversion office
Federal Government Coordinators: Reducing Bureaucracy and Better Regulation | German-Polish cooperation | Transatlantic Cooperation | Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the countries of the Eastern Partnership | Aerospace | Maritime Economy | Freight transport and logistics
Special Representative of the Federal Government for Afghanistan and Pakistan | Special representative of the federal government for the management of the implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative | Federal Government Agent for Nursing
Personal Representative for Africa of the Federal Chancellor | Personal representative of the Federal Chancellor for the G7 / G20 summits
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