12. Artikel der Menschenrechte

12. Artikel der Menschenrechte stands in Nuremberg between the old and new buildings of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. The pillar forms part of Dani Karavan’s Straße der Menschenrechte. The outdoor sculpture links Kornmarktstraße with the medieval city wall, placing human rights beside traces of the city’s past. A glass-enclosed entrance marks one end, while the northern gate mirrors a medieval gateway at the southern end.

White concrete gives the installation its strongest visual rhythm: twenty-seven round pillars rise eight metres high, five metres apart. Two more pillars lie buried, showing only their circular plates. Each visible pillar carries one article from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in German and another language. Together with the gate and a columnar oak, the arrangement contains thirty pillars along one axis. Remains of a monastery, the medieval wall and buildings designed by Sep Ruf surround this passage through Nürnberg. Every two years, the site also hosts the presentation of the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award.