Human Rights

Policy paper

How does the “Safe Country of Origin” designation shape asylum policy—and what are its risks when applied to Syria? This paper examines the legal foundations and real-world consequences of labeling Syria as safe, inviting policymakers and scholars to reflect on the standards and implications behind this pivotal concept.

CIDSE, the international alliance of Catholic social justice organisations, is extremely concerned about the approval of legislative measures in Peru that jeopardise the support for the poorest and most vulnerable peoples and populations and undermine access to justice in cases of violations of human rights and collective rights.

Publication

This project, carried out by Statewatch and migration-control.info and funded by Bread for the World, Misereor, Medico and Pro Asyl aims to make the EU’s externalisation policies, plans and practices public. In doing so it seeks to highlight their impact on the rights of people on the move, as well as democratic standards, transparency and accountability. It addresses a lack of public information by publishing relevant EU documents, in this phase primarily those produced or discussed by the Council of the EU. It also tackles the overflow of information that results from a variety of EU institutions, working groups and national governments involved in the externalisation agenda by summarising thematic and regional developments, and by analysing key issues in depth.

Publication

This project, carried out by Statewatch and migration-control.info and funded by Bread for the World, Misereor, Medico and Pro Asyl aims to make the EU’s externalisation policies, plans and practices public. In doing so it seeks to highlight their impact on the rights of people on the move, as well as democratic standards, transparency and accountability. It addresses a lack of public information by publishing relevant EU documents, in this phase primarily those produced or discussed by the Council of the EU. It also tackles the overflow of information that results from a variety of EU institutions, working groups and national governments involved in the externalisation agenda by summarising thematic and regional developments, and by analysing key issues in depth.

Country brief

The migration partnership between Egypt and the EU has gained new momentum thanks to the most recent agreement on March 17. The background to this is the EU's concern about an increase in irregular arrivals, which is putting previous cooperation in the externalization of European asylum responsibility to the test. How will the partnership be implemented in practice? What impact does it have on migrants, refugees and the partner country? These questions are answered in the current country brief by Misereor and Brot für die Welt on the EU migration partnership with Egypt. (Die deutsche Version folgt in Kürze)

Country brief

In this country brief on the migration partnership with Tunisia, published together with Bread for the World, we show the impact of the EU's externalisation policy on the ground and call for a rethink of the migration-related cooperation between the EU and Tunisia.

• Publisher: Misereor & Brot für die Welt
• Publication date: September 2023
• 8 Pages

Country brief

Externalisation has become a prominent pillar of EU migration policy. How is externalisation put into practice?
What impact does it have on migrants, refugees and partner countries? What lessons can we learn for future
cooperation? Brot für die Welt and Misereor explore these questions in country briefs on EU-migration partnerships with third countries.

Briefing

A briefing on how German MEPs are taking demands from the business lobby literally on the EU supply chain law.

Publisher: Misereor & Global Policy Forum
Year of publication: January 2023
Pages: 4

Briefing paper
Since German diplomatic missions can make an important contribution to protecting space for civil society as well as HRDs, Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World), Konsortium ZFD (Civil Peace Service Consortium) and Misereor have commissioned a study on good practices in the cooperation between diplomatic missions and civil society.

Publication

The publication aims to show how the right to adequate housing and related rights are threatened by climate change, increasing urbanization and environmental degradation, by highlighting ground-level experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America. It aims to encourage an integrated approach to policy-making and to present examples of community-led tools and solutions from five countries: Cameroon, El Salvador, Nigeria, Peru and the Philippines. The report concludes with recommendations to national governments, local governments and the UN human rights mechanisms.

The full report is available in English. You can find the summary of the report in German, Spanish and French.

The publication aims to show how the right to adequate housing and related rights are threatened by climate change, increasing urbanization and environmental degradation, by highlighting ground-level experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America. It aims to encourage an integrated approach to policy-making and to present examples of community-led tools and solutions from five countries: Cameroon, El Salvador, Nigeria, Peru and the Philippines.

Study

The Zug-based group Glencore-Xstrata is showing insufficient respect for the rights of the affected population with its plans to exploit one of the world’s biggest open-pit mines in the Philippines. Because the project threatens the livelihood of tens of thousands of people, tensions are rising and the first deaths have occurred. That is shown by a study commissioned by the Swiss Lenten Fund, Misereor and Bread for All.

Publication

Guiding Principles and Recommendation for climate policies in regards to agriculture. CIDSE (2012).