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26.02.2024 Article

Striving for progress: Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Geneva for the Human Rights Council

Around the world, international human rights protection is experiencing almost unprecedented pressure. That is precisely why the Human Rights Council is so important at this time. You can see what is on the agenda for Foreign Minister Baerbock today as the 55th session here gets underway.

Palais des Nations in Geneva, the second-largest UN centre after New York
29.01.2024 Article

Working together for freedom of the press: Germany becomes co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition

Fifty countries and over twenty non-governmental organisations working together for greater freedom of the press and media: in 2024 Germany will co-chair the network along with Estonia.

Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot of the Netherlands hands over the chair of the Media Freedom Coalition to Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Estonian counterpart Margus Tsahkna
08.01.2024 Article

Reviewing the human rights situation – Germany in the Human Rights Council’s UPR process

The human rights situation in all United Nations Member States is regularly checked by means of the Universal Periodic Review process. On 9 November 2023, human rights in Germany were reviewed.

Article 1 of the Basic Law states that Human dignity shall be inviolable.
01.12.2023 Article

Sinjar after the IS terror: How is the Federal Foreign Office supporting Yazidis in Iraq?

The IS terrorist organisation left behind complete devastation in Iraq. Yazidis in particular suffered under the IS reign of terror. Hundreds of thousands of them are still in refugee camps in northern Iraq. How can Germany help these people to live in freedom and safety?

The Yazidis suffered mass persecution under the Islamic State (IS) terror Regime.
09.08.2023 Article

Fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus: three years on

Three years have passed since hundreds of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets to call peacefully for their rights to be upheld. Specifically, their right for their votes to count. Germany continues to support the people of Belarus in their pursuit of democracy and freedom.

Protests in Minsk following the presidential elections, 23 August 2020
15.05.2023 Article

Visiting the Gulf: Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Saudi Arabia and Qatar

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, two key players in the Gulf region, from 15 to 17 May. Find out more about what will be on the agenda of her talks in Jeddah and Doha here.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock with her counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

Press releases

  1. 04.04.2024 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on the extension of the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on the human rights situation in Iran

  2. 03.04.2024 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act

  3. 18.03.2024 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner Amtsberg on the exchange of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran with the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

  4. 15.03.2024 Press release

    Joint Statement on the Occasion of the 13th Anniversary of the Syrian Uprising

  5. 25.02.2024 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock prior to her departure for the Human Rights Council in Geneva

  6. 17.02.2024 Press release

    Statement of like-minded Foreign Ministers of the FFP network

  7. 12.12.2023 Press release

    Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law 2023

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