For the right to rights

Our project focus

In a deeply divided world with a global economy which excludes millions of people socially and economically, and even makes them 'surplus', medico stands by those who defend and implement indivisible social, political and economic human rights. All aid has to be judged on whether and how far it contributes to restoring people to their rights.  
This means that the fight for social justice, education and health is also a fight against circumstances which create structural restrictions on these rights.

What comes after freedom?

A new Syria

Al-Hamidiya-Basar, Damaskus, Februar 2025

A report from Damascus and Rojava. By Anita Starosta

Interview

Actually, we always arrive too late

How does aid work in the midst of climate catastrophe, authoritarianism and repression? Questions for the Filipino activist Rosalinda Tablang.

Climate Justice

Green Is the Promise, Gray the Reality

Europe's climate targets are being implemented at the expense of societies elsewhere - and not just in the Global South. The example of Bosnia-Herzegovina shows this.

Commentary

Between Windhoek and Gaza

Germany's culture of remembrance is going astray. This has fatal consequences. By Charlotte Wiedemann.

What comes after freedom?

A new Syria

Al-Hamidiya-Basar, Damaskus, Februar 2025

A report from Damascus and Rojava. By Anita Starosta

Climate Justice

Green Is the Promise, Gray the Reality

Europe's climate targets are being implemented at the expense of societies elsewhere - and not just in the Global South. The example of Bosnia-Herzegovina shows this.

Interview

Actually, we always arrive too late

How does aid work in the midst of climate catastrophe, authoritarianism and repression? Questions for the Filipino activist Rosalinda Tablang.

Commentary

Between Windhoek and Gaza

Germany's culture of remembrance is going astray. This has fatal consequences. By Charlotte Wiedemann.

Projects – Projections

All articles on the topic of human rights

29.03.2022 Syria
Landmark ruling

The head of a Syrian torture prison is convicted by a Koblenz court. An interview with the lawyer Anwar al Bunni about this success on the part of the diaspora.

29.03.2022 Syria, Ukraine
Selective Solidarity

The outrage over the attack on Ukraine is preceded by a long silence about Russia's role in Syria.

05.03.2022 Interview
"All people should be welcomed"

Racism and unequal treatment: Katarzyna Czarnota from Grupa Granica on the situation on Poland's borders with Belarus and Ukraine.

31.01.2022 Migration
Situation on the polish-belarusian border

A status briefing from our partners Grupo Granica as of March 9, 2022

02.12.2021 Israel/Palestine
The Terror of the Others

Israel has declared six Palestinian NGOs, including medico partners, to be terrorist groups. Defamation is not a new strategy. By Riad Othman

23.10.2021 Statement
By the side of our Palestinian partners

On 22 October 2021, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced his decision to classify six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups, effective immediately.

20.09.2021 Mali
Credibility lost

In Mali, too, international troops are set to withdraw. Questions to Ousmane Diarra from the deported persons self-organisation Association Malienne des Expulsés (AME) in Mali.

20.09.2021 Niger
Last warning from Kabul

How the international missions in the Sahel could end too. By Moussa Tchangari.

12.05.2021 Labour rights rights in South Asia
It is a start

The lockdowns have highlighted once again who the weakest link is in global value chains. By Thomas Rudhof-Seibert

19.11.2020 Covid 19 Vaccine
Privatisation beats Right to Health

A few rich countries have secured the lion's share of the most promising Covid 19 vaccines. However, Corona is only over when it is over for everyone. But European governments are undermining global cooperation to overcome the health crisis. By Anne Jung.