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Human Rights Report 2024

open picture in modal Das Foto zeigt die Oberkörper dreier stehender Personen des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte vor der blauen Wand eines Veranstaltungsraumes im Haus der Bundespressekonferenz. Sie halten jeweils eine Druckausgabe des Menschenrechtssituationsbericht 2024 in den Händen und lächeln. Von links nach rechts sind abgebildet: Nele Allenberg, Leitung der Abteilung Menschenrechtspolitik Inland/Europa, Beate Rudolf, Direktorin des Instituts, und Michael Windfuhr, Stellvertretender Direktor des Instituts.
The 9th Human Rights Report contains more than 40 recommendations. © DIMR

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On 9 December 2024, the German Institute for Human Rights submitted its ninth annual report on developments in the human rights situation in Germany to the German Bundestag. This year’s report addresses five topics of great relevance for human rights in the period under report (01 July 2023 – 30 June 2024). It describes key developments in these five areas, evaluate significant political and legislative measures through the lens of human rights, and formulate recommendations:

  • More Restrictive Migration Policy: Protection of Refugees under Pressure
  • Ending Homelessness: Tasks for Federal, Federal State and Local Governments
  • Ending Exclusion: From the Sheltered Workshop to the Open Labour Market
  • Exploitative Working Conditions for Migrant Workers
  • Strengthening the Responsibility of Corporations in Europe

To inform this report, the Institute assessed publicly availaible statistics and documents, including material published by the German Bundestag and by the parliaments of the German federal states (the Länder), as well as studies and media reports. It also held background discussions with experts.

About the report

Each year, the German Institute for Human Rights submits a report on the developments in the human rights situation in Germany to the German Bundestag, in accordance with section 2 (5) of the Act on the Legal Status and Mandate of the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMRG: Gesetz über die Rechtsstellung und Aufgaben des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte, of 16 July 2015). The report is presented on the occasion of International Human Rights Day on 10 December. The Act on the Legal Status and Mandate of the German Institute for Human Rights provides that the German Bundestag should respond to the report.

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