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United Nations: Human rights in Germany – 346 recommendations

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United Nations
Human rights in Germany – 346 recommendations

A meeting of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva. photo

© Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone/dpa

All UN countries undergo human rights reviews at regular intervals. Germany has now received suggestions for improvements.

Germany received 346 suggestions for improvement from UN members when reviewing the human rights situation in the country. Of these, 283 were accepted, said the German ambassador in Geneva, Katharina Stasch. Another 63 were noted. These include those that the federal government considers to have already been implemented. The UN Human Rights Council adopted the final report by consensus.

All UN countries periodically undergo human rights reviews by other countries. The federal government presented a report on this, which was debated in Geneva in November.

The recommendations included better combating racism, more support for women who experience violence and measures to improve the situation of children in poorer families. The federal government is grateful for the recommendations, said Stasch: “We are convinced that the promotion of human rights begins at home.”

The German Institute for Human Rights complained that the federal government does not recognize the concept of structural and institutional racism. This refers, for example, to structures of institutions, laws and norms that disadvantage or exclude people with skin color other than white. There was also concern that German authorities in the education sector are sometimes adhering to separate schools for people with disabilities.