Participation in the presentation is possible via livestream, videoconference, or in person at the Maison de France, Kurfürstendamm 211, 10719 Berlin. For in-person participation at the Maison de France or via videoconference, please register in advance. The link to the livestream will be available on the day of the presentation at www.grundrechte-report.de.
Following the numerous environmental disasters of 2021, the 2022 Fundamental Rights Report focuses primarily on climate protection, examining, among other things, the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling on the Climate Protection Act and the inadequate right of associations to bring legal action regarding climate and environmental protection. On the other hand, the report sheds light on the fundamental rights issues arising from the chaotic withdrawal of the German Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
This year's report will be presented by Ferda Ataman. She is a journalist, author, and political scientist whose work focuses on issues of migration, diversity, and racism. She is a co-founder and honorary chair of the New German Media Makers, a network of journalistsof color who advocate for greater diversity in the media and for anti-discriminatory reporting in Germany as an immigration country. She also established the Media Service Integration and was head of department at the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency.
Kava Spartak, board member of the initiative YAAR eV, which is involved in refugee aid for people from Afghanistan, reported at the press conference. The focus was twofold: firstly, the German government's inaccurate assessment of the country's stability before the troop withdrawal in mid-2021 and the resulting German deportation practices of recent years; and secondly, the evacuations from Kabul and the slow pace of resettlement of vulnerable people since August 2021.
John Philipp Thurn, co-editor of the Fundamental Rights Report and judge at the Berlin Social Court, will moderate the presentation as a member of the editorial team.
The Fundamental Rights Report, published for twenty-five years, addresses the state of civil and human rights in Germany. The 39 individual articles in the 26th Fundamental Rights Report examine current threats to fundamental rights and core constitutional principles, using concrete cases from 2021. The report analyzes and critiques decisions made by parliaments, government agencies, and courts, as well as by private companies. It is published by ten civil rights organizations.
The Fundamental Rights Report 2022 is a joint project of: Humanist Union, united with the Gustav Heinemann Initiative • Federal Working Group of Critical Law Groups • International League for Human Rights • Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy • New Association of Judges • PRO ASYL • Republican Lawyers' Association • Association of Democratic Lawyers • Forum of Computer Scientists for Peace and Social Responsibility • Society for Civil Rights
