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Michael Windfuhr

(c) Dennis Williamson — Porträt Michael Windfuhr, Stellvertretender Direktor des Instituts für Menschenrechte.

After studying political science, German language and literature and geography, Michael Windfuhr helped to set up the international human rights organization FIAN for over two decades and later worked as its Secretary General. In 2006, he became Human Rights Director at Bread for the World and the Diakonisches Werk. Since 2011, he has been Deputy Director of the German Institute for Human Rights, Germany's national human rights institution.

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Human Rights, Land and Rural Development

A contribution by Michael Windfuhr (German Institute for Human Rights)

Land rights are no longer governed by the law of the strongest. That is what the international community has agreed to. Governments and private companies have a duty to respect human rights and avoid corruption.

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