The Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid has been a permanent Bundestag committee since its establishment in 1998.
Tasks The Bundestag Committee is dedicated to human dignity and human rights. Its agenda includes correcting domestic violations, safeguarding human rights in the fight against international terrorism, prevention through humanitarian aid and working on national, European and international instruments for the protection of human rights. To this end, the committee regularly works together with non-governmental organisations. With the 'Parliamentarians Protect Parliamentarians' programme, Member of parliament support threatened parliamentarians and human rights defenders in other countries.
Members in the 20th legislative period The 19 members of the committee in the 20th legislative period consist of six members of the SPD parliamentary group, five members of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, three members of the Green Party faction, two members each of the FDP parliamentary group and the AfD parliamentary group and one member of the Left Party parliamentary group.
The chairperson is FDP MP Renata Alt, her deputy is CDU MP Norbert Altenkamp. +SPD – full memberSPD – deputy memberCDU/CSU – full memberCDU/CSU – deputy memberGreen Party faction – full memberGreen Party faction – deputy memberFDP – full memberFDP – deputy memberAfD – full memberAfD – deputy memberLeft Party – full memberLeft Party – deputy memberHeike EngelhardtLars CastelucciKnut AbrahamSebastian BrehmMax Luchs *Misbah KhanRenata Alt ChairAlexander Graf LambsdorffJürgen Braun */**Dietmar FriedhoffŻaklin Nastić */**Ali Al-DailamiFabian FunkeJan DierenNorbert Altenkamp Deputy ChairCarsten BodesserBoris Mijatović **Julian PahlkePeter Heidt */**Ulrich LechteMartin SichertFrank RinckRainer KellerGabriela HeinrichMichael Brand **Franziska HoppermannBeate Walter- RosenheimerKassem Taher SalehFrank Schwabe *Anke HennigJonas GeislerPatricia LipsNadja SthamerRasha NasrSabine Weiss *Elisabeth Winkelmeier-BeckerDerya Türk-NachbaurAydan Özoğuz
* Representatives ** Speaker
Members in the 19th legislative period The 17 members of the committee in the 19th legislative period consisted of six members of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, three members of the SPD parliamentary group and two members each of the Left Party parliamentary group, the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group, the AfD parliamentary group and the FDP parliamentary group.
The chairperson was Gyde Jensen (FDP). +CDU/CSU – full memberCDU/CSU – deputy memberSPD – full memberSPD – deputy memberLeft Party – full memberLeft Party – deputy memberGreen Party faction – full memberGreen Party faction – deputy memberAfD – full memberAfD – deputy memberFDP – full memberFDP – deputy memberNorbert AltenkampCarsten BrodesserJosephine OrtlebLars CastellucciMichel Brandt *Christine BuchholzMargarete Bause */**Luise AmtsbergJürgen Braun ***Anton FriesenPeter Heidt *Lukas KöhlerMichael Brand **Astrid DamerowAydan ÖzoğuzKaramba DiabyŻaklin Nastić **Ulla JelpkeKai GehringFiliz PolatWaldemar HerdtMarkus FrohnmaierGyde JensenAlexander Graf LambsdorffSebastian BrehmMichael KufferFrank Schwabe */**Gabriela HeinrichFrank Heinrich *Katja LeikertMartin PatzeltElisabeth MotschmannMatthias ZimmerTankred Schipanski
* Representatives ** Speaker *** Deputy Chair
Committee chairs
1998–2001 Claudia Roth (Green Party faction) 2001–2005 Christa Nickels (Green Party faction) 2005–2009 Herta Däubler-Gmelin (SPD) 2009–2013 Tom Koenigs (Green Party faction) 2013–2017 Michael Brand (CDU/CSU) 2017–2018 Matthias Zimmer (CDU/CSU) 2018–2021 Gyde Jensen (FDP) since 2021 Renata Alt (FDP)
External links
Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid at the German Bundestag Chapter on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid in the Friedrich Ebert Foundation's Human Rights Manual (PDF; 3.6 MB) Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development: Human Rights and Development Programme ‘Parliamentarians Protect Parliamentarians’ at the German Bundestag
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