Independent monitoring mechanisms in the sense of Article 33(2) of the UNCRPD for all 16 federal states are essential for the implementation of the UNCRPD throughout Germany. This requires a legal basis and permanently secured funding. The Institute advocates for all federal states to enact legal regulations for the establishment of an independent monitoring mechanism at the state level, in accordance with the Paris Principles for National Human Rights Institutions, entrust the Institute with the exercise of these mandates and provide sufficient funds for this purpose.
Statutory regulations on monitoring at the federal state level exist in five Länder so far: North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin, Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate and Schleswig-Holstein. The Institute has been actively performing its monitoring role in Berlin since 2012, in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017 and in Saarland since 2020.
