Against the backdrop of persistent ethnic tensions, the second round of the peace conference of Burmese government, army (Tatmadaw) and ethnic minorities begins on 24 May in Myanmar. The political...
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...
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...
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...
#### 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...
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...
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...
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...
The Minsk agreement has come to a standstill. Ukraine can't accept bogus elections in Donbas and grant autonomy to puppet republics while Russia simultaneously expands its power in the region. The...
By Nino Lejava From the outset, Germany’s chairmanship of the OSCE, in 2016, promised to be fraught with sizable challenges. One of these challenges came from the recent developments in the South...