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The Archiv Grünes Gedächtnis (which translates as 'green memory archive') collects materials relating to the new social movements and to the German Green Party. This includes documents from federal and regional party headquarters, as well as from the European, German, and regional German parliaments. There is also a collection of posters, recordings, and photographs. The archive has a library which is open to the public.

Since 1998 the Heinrich Böll Foundation has been recognising people and civil society organisations for their outstanding achievements in respecting human rights, fostering non-violent conflict resolution, and protecting the environment with this prize. The award is endowed with € 10,000.

The study analyses the numerous climate funds and the impact these funds will have on a fair, efficient, equitable and co-ordinated global response to the pressing financial needs of worldwide climate mitigation and adaption efforts.

More links, more information: Learn more about his life, work and political attitude.

The Heinrich Böll House Langenbroich offers four flats for writers and artists: two single apartments, one double and one treble. The working grants are not primarily linked to specific projects - the important thing is to create the right conditions for a good working atmosphere.

"Billards at Half-Past Nine", "Group Portrait with Lady" or "The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum":  Information on some of the works of Heinrich Böll.

Regional foundations close to the Green Party were set up in the early 1980s. In 1983 there was a first effort to found a national foundation - but it came to nothing. Later in the 1980s three national foundations were established: The feminist Frauenanstiftung, the Buntstift federation of regional foundations, and the Cologne-based Heinrich Böll Foundation. The work of these organisations was later co-ordinated by the umbrella organisation Regenbogen. In 1988 the Green Party recognised Regenbogen as the foundation allied to the party. This meant that from then on the foundation qualified for government funding.

The paper summarizes the main challenges facing strategic and coordinated action towards the UN concept of water as a human right, identifies what types of processes and institutions needs to be developed to meet the challenges of the concept and provides best practise examples from countries that have shown innovation.

The role of the financial markets was to provide services to the real economy. This subordinate function has been reversed and the financial sector now dominates the rest of the economy. This has lead to a dramatic growth in finance - which is increasingly detached from the real economy. Yet, if a crisis develops, this hits the real economy and thus also affects jobs and society.

For more than one week South Africa has been shaken by violent attacks against migrants. According to the police, more than 40 deaths are already recorded. Hundreds of people - among them women and children - were attacked, injured, raped, and their homes were plundered and burned down.

Nigeria’s privatisation programme covers several sectors, including banking and finance, manufacturing, and tourism. Given the criticisms leveled at privatisation programmes in other sectors, it appears timely to evaluate the proposals for the privatisation of the utility sector.

Russia has slammed a draft resolution presented by the EU to the UN human rights commission, which accuses Moscow of human rights violations in Chechnya, describing it as "a form of encouragement to terrorism".

Accepted resolution of the European Green Party Congress; Rome, 20th - 22nd February 2004

Masha Lipman, Chefredakteurin der vom Moscow Carnegie Centre herausgegebenen, russischsprachigen Vierteljahreszeitschrift Pro et Contra, kommentiert den Zustand des russischen Justizsystems. Anlass ist die Verurteilung des Wissenschaftlers Igor Sutjagin wegen angeblicher Spionage zu 15 Jahren verschärfter Lagerhaft Mitte April durch ein Moskauer Gericht.

Gemeinsame Erklärung von acht Menschenrechtesorganisationen zu der Tragödie von Beslan.

Offener Brief von Human Rights Watch an Bundesaußenminister Joschka Fischer und seine EU-KollegInnen aus Anlass des bevorstehenden Treffens der EU-Außenminister mit ihrem neuen russischen Kollegen Sergej Lawrow.

Rows are prompting the EU to push a tougher line in its policy towards Russia. In a document unveiled yesterday the EU has signalled it will press its neighbour on human rights, Chechnya and Russia’s 'near abroad'.

Jens Siegert deals critically with the concept and its (malign) consequences for the development of civil society in Russia. At the core of “steered democracy” is a concentration of power within the Kremlin vis-à-vis the regions, democratic institutions (most notably the Duma), the media and societal organizations. This ambivalent position of President Putin raises the question if German foreign policy faces a trade-off between supporting true democratization in Russia and pursuing its other major objectives: security and stability. From Siegert’s point of view, Berlin has clearly set its priorities: “German policy (…) has concentrated on three issue areas: Stability, the war on terrorism, and the economy.”

Russia has slammed a draft resolution presented by the EU to the UN human rights commission, which accuses Moscow of human rights violations in Chechnya, describing it as "a form of encouragement to terrorism".

Lippelt war bis 2002 Bundestagsabgeordneter von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und außenpolitischer Sprecher der Bundestagsfraktion. Er ist Mitglied der parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarats. Dieser Vortrag wurde auf Mitte November 2003 in Moskau auf einer Konferenz der Stiftung “Offenes Russland” gehalten, deren Vorsitzender der Ende Oktober 2003 verhaftete Unternehmer Michail Chodorkowskij ist.