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The most populous country in the European Union, Germany borders Denmark, Poland, The Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Reunified in 1990, Germany is a parliamentary democracy with strong federal features, with the a presidential head of state, a president of the parliament and a chancellor, who exercises executive power. While Germany has strong human rights standards, like many Western European countries there are issues with its treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, including children.
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5 Human development index46 Happy planet rankingOrganisations in Germany
- Aktionsgruppe Babynahrung E.V.
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Behandlungszentrum Fur folteropfer
- Berghof Research Centre for Constructive Conflict Management
- Bernard van Leer Foundation
- BONO-Direkthilfe e.V.
- Bureau international catholique de l'enfance
- Bureau International Catholique De L'enfance
- Child Helpline International
- Children First
- Children's Rights Group International e.V
- Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
- Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education
- Deutsche Liga fuer das Kind
- Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Bundersverband e.V.
- Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk e.V.
- Dynamo International
- ECPAT Germany
- Eurochild AISBL
- European Association for Children in Hospital
- European Foundation for Street Children Worldwide - EFSCW
- European Network of Masters in Children's Rights
- European Network of Masters in Children’s Rights
- Federal association for unaccompanied refugee minors (Bundesfachverband UMF)
- Friends of Europe - Varna
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Global Campaign for Education
- Global March Against Child Labour
- GoodWeave USA
- Innocence in Danger
- InterAction Council
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Coalition for Genital Integrity
- International Federation of Business and Professional Women - UK
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Federation Terre des Hommes - Germany
- International Forum For Child Welfare - Germany
- International Planned Parenthood Federation
- International Social Service German Branch
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Kindernothilfe
- Kinderrechte Afrika e.V. (KiRA)
- La Leche League International
- Max Planck Institute for foreign and International Criminal Law
- Medical Mission Sisters
- National Coalition for the Implementation of the UN CRC in Germany
- National Coalition for the Implementation of the UNCRC in Germany
- One Child International Inc. (www.1child.net)
- P.A.U. Education
- Protestant University of Applied Sciences
- Rural Integrated Development Organisation
- SOS Children's Villages International
- Sri Sevasadan
- Stiftung Fuer Kinder
- Terre des Hommes - Germany
- UNESCO
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
- World Association of Early Childhood Educators
- World Movement of Mothers
- World Uyghur Congress
- World Vision - Germany
- Young People's Media Network in Europe and Central Asia