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13.08.2021 Article

Progress on implementation of the National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights

In 2016, the German Government adopted the first National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights. A stocktaking has now been done on the state of implementation. One key step has been the introduction of national legislation on corporate due diligence in supply chains.

A container terminal at the port of Hamburg, © picture alliance / Winfried Rothermel
01.08.2021 Article

International cooperation to combat piracy: Germany accedes to the international agreement ReCAAP

The freedom and security of trade routes is important for the German economy. At the end of the day, increasing numbers of attacks on ships put Germany’s prosperity at risk. Germany is therefore expanding its efforts at the international level to fight piracy.

Container Ship in the Sea on a Background of Orange Sunset
07.06.2021 Article

A New Deal: Transatlantic ways out of the COVID-19 economic crisis

What will the world look like after COVID? How can the transatlantic partnership help to bring about economic recovery? How can the European economy become more resilient? These questions and others were on the agenda at the Ambassadors Conference Business Forum.

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Ambassadors Conference 2021
18.05.2021 Article

A new chapter in the protection of human rights: a decade of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

In 2011, the United Nations adopted the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. After ten years, it is now time to take stock. On 18 May, the Federal Foreign Office is hosting an international dialogue on the protection of human rights in the global economy.

Business and human rights
03.03.2021 Article

The Due Diligence Act: Making globalisation more socially just

Today the German Government adopted an act on corporate due diligence in supply chains. One of the reasons it has been put in place is the outcome of the business and human rights monitoring procedure, through which the FFO has examined respect for human rights in the business world.

Woman working on a sewing machine
29.12.2020 Article

Economic cooperation with Russia: Opening of the German-Russian Year of Economy and Sustainable Development 2020‑2022

The German-Russian Year of Economy and Sustainable Development 2020‑2022 was officially launched on 11 December. Since 2014, German-Russian Years have been an integral part of cooperation with Russia and a key component of intersocietal cooperation.

German-Russian Year of Economy and Sustainable Development 2020‑2022

Press releases

  1. 13.07.2021 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas after visiting the Ford Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan

  2. 14.07.2020 Press release

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

  3. 24.02.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on his visit to the Human Rights Council in Geneva

  4. 13.01.2020 Press release

    Minister of State Annen travels to India

  5. 12.12.2019 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the blocking of the WTO’s arbitration function

  6. 02.12.2019 Press release

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

  7. 08.11.2019 Press release

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

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