As the year comes to a close, I extend warm holiday wishes to our partners and friends across the #African continent from Berlin. With gratitude for our cooperation, we look ahead to advancing partnerships, dialogue and peace in #2026! 💫

On the occasion of the #HumanRightsDay2025, we congratulate Laura Miti 🇿🇲 and Nelly Mbangu 🇨🇩 on winning the 🇩🇪🇫🇷 Prize for Human Rights & Rule of Law 2025! This recognition highlights their commitment to human rights, democracy & transparency! @GermanyinZambia @Allemagne_RDC

Glad to announce that I have taken up my new position as Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Sahel at the German Federal Ministry in Berlin

Fantastic concert yesterday at the Waldbühne, Berlin: the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, featuring young musicians from different Middle East countries, conducted by Daniel Barenboim. The Divan project, co-founded by Barenboim & writer Edward Saif sends a clear message of cooperation & coexistence.

Today we honor the victims and survivors of the #SrebrenicaGenocide. Safeguarding their stories is our shared responsibility. Srebrenica did not happen overnight. It is our duty to stand up and never look away when #HumanRights are violated and the dignity of others is questioned. #Srebrenica30

Standing up for freedom of religion and belief worldwide is an important part of the 🇩🇪 German Government’s #HumanRights engagement. Joint statement with European colleagues on the 90th birthday of thr #DalaiLama @mfaestonia.bsky.social @um.fi @lithuaniamfa.bsky.social @larscastellucci.bsky.social

„Our peace will never be complete without their peace“ A. Jahjaga Putting aside the suffering & trauma of survivors of sexual violence during the Kosovo war has allowed impunity & stigmatization to persist.The impressive minimalist museum „moment“ calls on all to acknowledge their pain & courage.

Pleasure to be back in #Kosovo for #WPSRKS2025, on invitation of President Vjosa Osmani. Underlined on my panel that lasting peace & recovery need inclusive processes, taking into account also interests & specific trauma of children.Transitional Justice is key for reconciliation. @pristina.diplo.de

The United Nations are built on the conviction that everyone is entitled to the same human rights, without distinction of any kind. Today, on International Day Against #Homophobia, #Biphobia, & #Transphobia (#IDAHOBIT), the human rights ambassadors of 🇪🇪, 🇫🇮, 🇫🇷, 🇩🇪, 🇱🇺, 🇳🇱 & 🇸🇪 reaffirm this commitment👇

"You are not to blame for what happened, but you are responsible for making sure it doesn't happen again. " (M. Mannheimer, Holocaust survivor) Today we started our 2-day meeting on atrocity prevention by visiting the House of the Wannsee Conference with our close partners 🇦🇺🇩🇰🇬🇧🇺🇸 @new-york-un.diplo.de

Great discussion with EU Ambassadors for Human Rights at OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting re current risks facing HRDs & the wider attacks on human rights. @swedishmfa.bsky.social @mfaestonia.bsky.social @um.fi @gebraeutigam.bsky.social annegoedert.bsky.social @lithuaniamfa.bsky.social

This year‘s #WPFD2025 rightly puts the spotlight on the necessity of upholding #mediafreedom in view of rapid technological developments, with AI having a profound impact on our information spaces. Handling & use of AI need to protect #HumanRights, privacy & information integrity. #TruthMatters 👇

A good day for global health. After three years of negotiations, we have reached consensus on an international agreement on pandemic prevention, which will make the world a safer place. We are joining hands to fight pandemics in greater solidarity & resolve. #OneWorldOneHealth.

Excellent meeting today with Kuwait🇰🇼 Assistant FM, Ambassador Sheikha Jawaher Ebraheem Al-Sabah on #HumanRights, Women’s Empowerment & our joint efforts in implementing the Women Peace & Security agenda! Greatly appreciate your participation in & commitment with the Global Disability Summit #GDS2025

🌍 Global Disability Summit 2025 #GDS2025 isn’t just an event; it’s a movement that will inspire lasting change. Co-hosted by 🇩🇪 & 🇯🇴 , > 3,000 participants from governments, intern. organizations, businesses, philanthropies & civil society come together to drive forward #DisabilityRights + #Inclusion.

Germany stands with the families of missing persons in #Syria and supports the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic #IIMP with more than 1M $. Many relatives of the missing have found refuge in Germany and we are dedicated to helping them find closure and support.

Thanks to ASG Karla Quintana, Head of #IIMP, for today’s meeting and to the host, the Permanent mission of Luxembourg.

Diversity is not a threat but our strength. Joint statement by European Human Rights Ambassadors @new-york-un.diplo.de

Diversity is not a threat but our strength. We regret that a new law in #Hungary restricts the rights of the #LGBTQ+ community and freedom of assembly. Everyone should be able to be proud & visible—without restrictions. #Pride matters. 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺

Honored to hold an opening speech at today‘s #CSW69 side-event. Thanks to all participants for their valuable contributions and concrete proposals.

@gebraeutigam.bsky.social @norwayunny.norway.no @aa-stabilisiert.bsky.social @planglobal.bsky.social

One element of Germany’s comprehensive support for USG SRSG Patten is dedicated to building local capacity in #Syria. Tens of thousands of #CRSV survivors in Syria are in need of support. Accountability for these crimes is an essential element for long-term stabilization. 2/2

German Special Envoy for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ambassador @gebraeutigam.bsky.social met with Chloé Marnay-Baszanger, team leader of the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. 🇩🇪 remains a reliable partner in supporting conflict-related sexual violence #CRSV survivors. #CSW69 1/2

- No victim should be forgotten. No child should grow up without justice nor identity. This is not just a matter of justice- it‘s a matter of humanity- Honored to hold an opening speech at today‘s #CSW69 side-event. Thanks to all participants for their valuable contributions and concrete proposals.

Honoured to represent 🇩🇪 at #CSW69 event „Power4Girls“. Investing in gender equality + adolescent girls isn’t just a question of justice: it’s about unlocking potential - for girls, for communities, + for entire economies. It’s not only the right thing to do- it’s the smart thing to do. @unicef.org

Good start of #CSW69 meeting: despite last minute attempts to significantly water down the political declaration it was adopted today. In times of stagnation + pushbacks, we need to mobilise support for gender equality: equal rights for others does not mean less rights for you. #GenderEquality4All

In NY for today’s start of „Commission on the Status of Women“, focussing on the implementation of the #BeijingDeclaration & Platform for Action, & current challenges affecting the achievement of gender equality, empowerment of women & the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. #Beijing+30 #CSW69

Security & prosperity are only guaranteed if all parts of society participate in decision-making. Women's & minority rights are coming under pressure worldwide. We push back - for the security of us all. #FFP is #securitypolicy. 1/3

#MSC2025 @munsecconf.bsky.social: focus on opening w 🇺🇸Vice President speaking of shared values. For us #human dignity is the foundation of our democracy. Categorically putting #freespeech over #dignity can lead to impunity for hate speech, xenophobic & misogynist disinformation undermining society.

Great start into this years’s @munsecconf.bsky.social: gathering of women politicians & allies to share insights & strategies on how to address global security issues as well as specific challenges of women in public sphere. 🙏 to #WomenPoliticalLeaders, #WIIS_de, #IDUW, @microsoft.com & #GIZ

“Jointly upholding the international legal order and international jurisdiction is not only our best life insurance policy, it also provides the groundwork for prosperity and peace.” – @abaerbock.diplo.de on US sanctions against the #ICC. The entire statement: diplo.de/2699534

Productive #NATO Meeting of Ambassadors for Women, Peace and Security, Gender Equality and Feminist Foreign Policy. In view of the upcoming NATO summit, we discussed with military colleagues , #EU, #UNWomen & #OSCE ways to advance and implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in #NATO & beyond.

Berlin this evening: 100.000 protesters against racism and xenophobia #DemonstrationengegenRechts

Jan 20, 🇲🇽 & 🇨🇴 #HumanRights defenders gathered at the 🇩🇪 MFA @germany.diplo.de to join forces to #EndEnforcedDisappearances. We pledged our continued support in the fight against this horrendous crime, incl. cooperation on forensic identification of victims. @amnesty.org @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social

For reconciliation & a new beginning in #Syria, accountability of those responsible for the Assad regime's serious #humanrights crimes is crucial. The #UN IIIM has been doing important investigative work for years. Today, 🇩🇪Minister of State @tobiaslindner.bsky.social pledged further German support.

No one - no woman, no girl, no person of any gender - should have to live in fear of #GBV online or offline. Let's #OrangeTheWorld to end gender-based violence and create a future where safety and dignity are not privileges, but rights for all.

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