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Founder and Director
Jonas Burgheim is a European and international lawyer (LL.B., LL.M.) with a focus on human rights, public policy and foreign trade. He heads the Cares Project as its Founder and Director.
After working with the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) and for the UN Under-Secretary-General between 2009 and 2012, he performed services for governments, international organisations, business and civil society actors in the context of his early consultancy firm Sport Cares. He then worked in the Secretary-General’s office of Volkswagen Foundation, Germany’s biggest private research funder, before re-joining UNOSDP as Deputy Head of Office responsible for human rights policy and projects.
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Mr Burgheim has repeatedly published on human rights, sports, and cultural-political themes in English, French and German languages. Since August 2020 he is the founding president of the German NGO Zentrum für Menschenrechte und Sport e.V. (German Centre for Human Rights and Sport).
An avid football coach and team player who cares, Burgheim’s interest lies in finding the best solutions on and off the pitch.
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From the archive
Human Rights Expert in Parliamentary Hearing
In a first ever Parliamentary hearing on Sport and Human Rights in German Bundestag, Jonas Burgheim contributed his expertise on the theme.
Cares Project Sparks Human Rights Progress
Tangible human rights progress has been sparked through and informed by Cares Project content contributions. Here are some of the most recent examples.
Events
As moderator, partner, contributor and participant, we regularly participate in specialised fora and events with a focus on business and human rights just like on sustainability.
Cares Project at DFB Human Rights Congress
In a first of its kind Human Rights Congress, the German football federation (DFB) hosted a high level one-day event in Frankfurt/Main. As former adviser to DFB on human rights the Cares Project contributed to the event.
Human Rights Expert in Parliamentary Hearing
In a first ever Parliamentary hearing on Sport and Human Rights in German Bundestag, Jonas Burgheim contributed his expertise on the theme.
Cares Project Partakes in BMZ Due Diligence Forum
Cares Project founder and former BMZ senior policy officer, Jonas Burgheim, partakes in Due Diligence Forum hosted by German ministry.