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28.02.2019 Article

Major humanitarian crisis in Yemen: Germany pledges support 

Germany is helping to get supplies to people in need in Yemen. At the pledging conference held in Geneva on 26 February 2019, the Federal Government pledged 100 million euros.

Germany funds the work of aid agencies like Oxfam in Yemen.
17.11.2018 Article

Humanitarian Aid Journalism Prize for report on refugees in Greece

The Humanitarian Aid Journalism Prize has been jointly awarded by the Federal Foreign Office and Aktion Deutschland Hilft, Germany’s Relief Coalition. 

The winner of the prize, Sebastian Schneider, pictured with with Dr Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, and Manuela Roßbach, Executive Director of Aktion Deutschland Hilft, Germany’s Relief Coalition
08.11.2018 Article

Four-yearly report on humanitarian assistance: Germany is one of the biggest contributors worldwide

Germany has stepped up its humanitarian assistance considerably in recent years. The report sheds light on priorities and focus regions and provides background Information.

German Red Cross – distribution of food aid packages in Qoub Elias, Lebanon.
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
16.10.2018 Article

How the World Food Programme helps people in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan 

Germany is helping an especially large number of people who are suffering from hunger in the region around Syria. Today, on World Food Day, they stand for the more than 800 million people affected by hunger around the world.

WFP Executive Director David Beasley in Lebanon

Press releases

  1. 02.12.2019 Press release

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

  2. 26.11.2019 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on the reports on the situation in Xinjiang

  3. 24.11.2019 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  4. 22.11.2019 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on the sentencing of six environmental activists in Iran

  5. 18.11.2019 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler prior to her departure for a regional seminar in Nairobi, Kenya

  6. 08.11.2019 Press release

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

  7. 07.11.2019 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Kofler on the Israeli Supreme Court ruling against Human Rights Watch Israel director

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