German Institute for Human Rights comments on Germany's report at HLPF

The German Institute for Human Rights comments on Germany's 2016 Report to the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

The German Institute for Human Rights welcomes:

• Explicit references to Germany´s human rights obligations and related processes
• Commitment to accountability and to disaggregation of data at national level

The German Institute for Human Rights is concerned that

• National measures and indicators do not systematically build on national challenges
• The draft National Sustainability Strategy does not include details on civil society participation