Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the landscape of Afghan civil society has dramatically changed. Understanding these conditions and constraints is crucial for external actors, especially as...
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Legacies of conflict: Local peacebuilding in now Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
Executive Summary Seventeen months after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, little has been done to address local level grievances and disputes that have fuelled decades of...
Afghanistan: People’s Perceptions on the Peace Process (March 2020)
The peace process in Afghanistan: Perceptions of the people Dokumentation Summary of the online debate „The peace process in Afghanistan: Perceptions of the people“ of 11 November 2020 with...
Land Degradation Neutrality Fund
The fund is supposed to contribute to sustainable land use but is run by a financial asset company and poses substantial risks for peasant farmers. by Jutta Kill Development banks such as the...
World + 1 more
Climate change and human rights – Can the courts fix it?
Overview Climate change is already threatening people’s guaranteed rights. It is affecting rights such as the rights to life and health, to food, water and housing. In the case of small island states...
A feminist peace in Colombia?
Analysis The inclusion of a gender perspective in the Colombia's peace Agreement: past, present, and future. by Catalina Ruiz-Navarro This article is part of our special on "Feminist Foreign Policy". ...
Landmines in the Donbass conflict zone: threats for the population and the necessity of mine clearance
July 2018 by Elena Ostanina The armed conflict between Ukrainian authorities and Russia-backed militias in the Ukrainian Donbass region has already led to some 10,000 killed and 25,000 wounded...
Hungary to imprison NGO workers helping asylum seekers and other migrants
by Nóra Köves The Hungarian Government has voted on new legislation and a seventh amendment to the country’s Fundamental Law that would further deteriorate refugee people's rights and justify the...
Dealing with the Past: Engaging in the Present - A weeklong conference in the framework of Cambodian Victory Over Genocide Day & UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017
Introduction In 2015 when I returned to Cambodia to speak during Holocaust Remembrance Day, it was a gift to cross paths with Ali Al-Nasani, the Country Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Our...
Food discrimination against women in Afghanistan
by Weeda Mehran Afghanistan has been described as the world’s most dangerous country for women. Many civil society organisations working on women’s rights claim that violence against women (VAW) is...
Thailand + 6 more
The future of forced migrants in ASEAN
How ASEAN deals with forced migrants shows in how far it is actually people-centered and people-oriented. This vulnerable group used to be integrated in the past. However, today it appears...
Interview: Second Peace Conference in Myanmar
The interview with Dr. Sai Oo, Country Representative of Pyidaungsu Institute for peace and dialogue in Yangon, Myanmar was led by Mirco Kreibich, Director, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Myanmar After the...
Myanmar + 1 more
Myanmar's Religious and Ethnic Conflicts: no end in sight
May. 2017 by Mirco Kreibich Johanna Goetz Alice Muthoni Murage Against the backdrop of persistent ethnic tensions, the second round of the peace conference of Burmese government, army (Tatmadaw) and...
Hungary + 2 more
Serious human rights violations in the Hungarian asylum system
by Nóra Köves Two years ago, the Hungarian government began to criminalise asylum seekers and migrants with clear political motivations. The European Commission initiated an infringement procedure...
El Salvador + 2 more
Re-conceptualización de la violencia en el Triángulo Norte: Abordaje de la seguridad en los países del norte de Centroamérica desde una visión democrática
PREFACIO La Fundación Heinrich Böll es una fundación política, cercana al partido alemán Alianza 90/Los Verdes, cuyo objetivo principal es la promoción de la participación ciudadana, del diálogo y el...
"Boko Haram is not yet in the past, but still in the present"
First Foreign Minister Steinmeier in Nigeria, then Nigerian President Buhari in Germany: At the beginning of October, German politics on Africa was busy on migration and refugee issues in West...
Ukraine + 1 more
Crimea: will a new conflict take place?
by Sergej Sumlenny Eugenia Andreyuk The situation around occupied Crimea remains unstable. Within the last days, Russia has accused Ukraine in “state terrorism” and started massive military drills...
Syria: Systematic Torture and Sexualized Violence
by Barbara Unmüßig Torture and sexualized violence are part of everyday life in Syrian prisons. However, human rights violations committed by the Assad regime play no role at the Geneva peace talks...
World + 4 more
Refugee crisis uncovers past shortfalls
26. May. 2016 by Rebecca Harms The EU needs a proper strategy that allows migrants a legal form of access. The current situation of the camps in and around the EU is unacceptable. The issue of...
Burundi + 4 more
The Crisis in Burundi and the Apathy of International Politics
On 25 April 2015, Burundi’s ruling party, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy – Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), announced that President Pierre Nkurunziza would be...