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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
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.
19.11.2020 Article

UN Guiding Principles and further international dimensions of the NAP

The Federal Government and German industry have launched a number of initiatives to implement the National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights. These initiatives form part of a global process to ensure human rights due diligence.
10.11.2020 Article

Strengthening social dialogue in Europe together

The functionality of social dialogue has a major impact on the economy. Within the framework of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, a new review has been drawn up which highlights the considerable differences among the EU member states which continue to exist.

a steel worker in a protective suit takes a 1500 degree hot metal sample
13.10.2020 Article

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

Within the scope of a monitoring process carried out between 2018 and 2020, the Federal Government reviewed the extent to which companies based in Germany with more than 500 employees are meeting their due diligence obligations enshrined in the NAP.

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    Statement by Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, Luise Amtsberg, on the occasion of World Water Day

  2. 14.07.2020 Press release

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

  3. 02.12.2019 Press release

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

  4. 08.11.2019 Press release

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

  5. 26.09.2019 Press release

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

  6. 20.03.2019 Press release

    National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights (NAP)

  7. 12.03.2019 Press release

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

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