Global Issues and Law

Human rights, globalization, rights dialogue, humanitarian aid and the UN. Current information and background on global issues and legal.

Außenministerin Baerbock vor der UN-Generalversammlung

Germany’s commitment to the UN

Germany does its duty through the UN in many different ways, from providing humanitarian aid to participating in peacekeeping missions.

Annalena Baerbock, Nangolo Mbumba und Olaf Scholz

Summit of the Future

United Nations reform

Common voice for the challenges of the future

The countries of the Global South showed Russia the red card, allowing the Pact for the Future of the United Nations that had been drawn up by Germany and Namibia to be adopted after all.

Deutschlands Außenministerin Baerbock bei einem Besuch in Niger

Active commitment to helping refugees

Displacement and migration

Diverse help for refugees

From humanitarian aid on site to receiving refugees: Germany is committed to protecting refugees worldwide.

Demokratie braucht Pressefreiheit und Meinungsvielfalt.

Freedom of the press

International commitment

Media Freedom Coalition – together for freedom

Germany and Estonia are the co-chairs in 2024: more than 50 states and 20 NGOs actively promote media protection in the MFC.

Rechtsanwältin Roda Verheyen

“Our Basic Law actually covers pretty much everything”

Protection of the environment is enshrined in Germany’s Basic Law. The lawyer Roda Verheyen is taking legal action to enforce this protection.

Ein Mann gibt seine Stimme bei einer Wahl ab.

Co-determination

“Strengthen democracy by giving people many opportunities to experience democracy”

Claudine Nierth from the Mehr Demokratie association tells us how referendums and citizens’ councils can complement parliamentary elections.

Svenja Schulze (l.) und Annalena Baerbock

Feminist foreign policy

Development policy

Two ministries, one shared goal

German feminist foreign and development policy go hand in hand: Equality and participation are their goals.

Leonie Stamm, Research Fellow bei der DGAP

Feminist foreign policy

“New value-based alliances”

Feminist foreign policy: in an interview, Leonie Stamm of the German Council on Foreign Relations explains the concept and its significance.

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“The foundation for everything that followed”

The commitment of the “mothers of the Basic Law” paved the way for equal rights, says Deike Wichmann, who has written a novel on the subject.

Professor Heiner Bielefeldt lehrt an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

“The freedom of religion is essential to human dignity”

The human rights expert Heiner Bielefeldt explains why the freedom of religion is so important and why it is often misunderstood.

Andreas Voßkuhle war bis 2020 Präsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts.

Protecting human dignity is at the heart of Germany’s Basic Law

Andreas Voßkuhle, former president of the Constitutional Court, talks about the strengths of the German constitution and the global threats to democracy.

UN New York

Protecting human rights

Protecting human rights and promoting universal respect for them is a central task of German foreign policy.

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