Just head-banging won't work" : how state donors can further human rights of LGBTI in development cooperation and what LGBTI think about it (original) (raw)

The German Institute for Human Rights is the independent National Human Rights Institution in Germany. It is accredited according to the Paris Principles of the United Nations (A-status). The Institute's activities include the provision of advice on policy issues, human rights education, information and documentation, applied research on human rights issues and cooperation with international organizations. It is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The Institute was mandated to monitor the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and established Monitoring Bodies for these purposes. The Author Andrea Kämpf is a lawyer and Senior Policy Advisor at the German Institute for Human Rights and coordinates the Institute's work on development policy. In her work at the Institute, she focuses on accountability of state donors and the promotion of civil society. She also works as a consultant for both state and non-state organisations. Before joining the Institute, she spent several years working with EU-funded development projects and for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.