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14.07.2020 Article

Monitoring the National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights (NAP)

Within the scope of a monitoring process being carried out between 2018 and 2020, the Federal Government is reviewing to what extent companies based in Germany are meeting their due diligence obligations enshrined in the National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights (NAP).

NAP monitoring: a closer look at the corporate world
06.07.2020 Article

New impetus for business and human rights

On 7 July 2020, Minister of State Niels Annen will host a virtual conference to mark the start of an initiative to improve implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The goal is to further improve respect for human rights in supply chains.

Cotton harvest
05.11.2019 Article

Protecting human rights in global supply chains

The German economy is globally interconnected. It is important in this context that human rights are upheld in the supply chains. Experts are meeting at the Federal Foreign Office today to discuss how German embassies can support local companies in this Connection.

Workers in a textile factory - Vietnam
17.07.2019 Article

Business and human rights – making globalisation fair

The aim of the German Government’s National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights is to ensure that German companies respect human rights in global supply chains. In the following text, you can find out how this will be achieved.

Workers in a textile factory - Vietnam
26.10.2018 Article

Visit to India by Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler

During her six-day trip, Bärbel Kofler held political talks on the human rights situation. Women’s rights and corporate responsibility were at the top of the Agenda.

Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler in India

Press releases

  1. 14.07.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the briefing about the results of the 2020 NAP monitoring process

  2. 02.12.2019 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

  3. 08.11.2019 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Kofler prior to her departure for Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

  4. 26.09.2019 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Kofler prior to her departure for Costa Rica and Mexico

  5. 20.03.2019 Press release

    National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights (NAP)

  6. 12.03.2019 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO)

  7. 21.10.2018 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on her visit to India

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