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Person hält ein Schild mit der Aufschrift „FREE MZIA!“ in einer Menschenmenge bei Dunkelheit.

Mzia Amaghlobeli receives the Sakharov Prize

We warmly congratulate Mzia Amaghlobeli on receiving the Sakharov Prize. The online newspapers Batumelebi and Netgazeti, which she co-founded and runs, are among Georgia's most important independent media outlets.

Portrait Prof. Dr. Seyla Benhabib - mit Brille blickt nach rechts aus einem Fenster, Spiegelungen verdecken Teile des Gesichts.

Hannah Arendt Prize 2025 for Political Thought Awarded to Seyla Benhabib

Press Release

The Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought 2025 will be awarded to Seyla Benhabib. The internationally renowned political philosopher and theorist will accept the prize on December 9, 2025, at Bremen City Hall.

Press Invitations

Background webinar on IPCC: Equity in climate modelling

Press briefing

European Mobility Atlas 2021: Facts and Figures about Transport and Mobility in Europe

Press invitation

Invite Press-only pre-launch briefing on our European Mobility Atlas 2021: Facts and Figures about Transport and Mobility in Europe. On Wednesday 3 February 2021, 9:00 a.m. CET. (in English).

Statements from the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Stadtpanorama, jüdischer Friedhof auf dem Ölberg, Felsendom und Tempelberg, Jerusalem

We cannot lose sight of the two-state solution

Statement

We empathize with the pain and suffering of all Israelis – as well as with the pain and suffering of the Palestinians. A peace perspective requires a political solution that guarantees the right to self-determination and security for both Israel and Palestine.

Israelische Flagge vor dem Brandenburger Tor bei einer pro-israelischen Solidaritätskundgebung am 8. Oktober 2023 in Berlin

Statement by the Heinrich Böll Foundation on the Hamas attack on Israel

Statement

We condemn the brutal terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel in the strongest possible terms.Our full solidarity now goes to Israel, which has every right to defend itself against terror.

Pictures and Videos

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Experts

International Offices: Contact and information

Fighting against the destruction of our ecosystem, enforcing democracy and human rights, promoting equal rights for women, preventively securing peace in crisis zones - these are the goals that determine our work abroad, among others.

New Publications

Cover-Illustration: Große sitzende Figur mit geschlossenem Auge umfasst eine Landschaft mit Wasser, Bäumen und Text in Englisch und Spanisch.

Reclaiming Tech: Tools for Territorial Defenders Facing Digital Repression

Policy Paper

Across the globe, environmental defenders are facing growing digital repression. This publication explores how grassroots movements are resisting surveillance, online violence and gendered disinformation by reclaiming technology.

Natalia Rubiano Rodríguez

Europa-Atlas

Atlas

Europe is more than just debt crises, bureaucracy, and national narrow-mindedness. This is demonstrated by the Europa-Atlas, published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in collaboration with the German Council on Foreign Relations, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Le Monde Diplomatique.

Das Cover der Publikation zeigt schwarzen Text auf grünem Grund.

A Human Security Collapse: Enforced Disappearances and Detained Civilians in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions of Ukrainian civilians by Russian authorities are systematic and widespread, yet severely underreported. Germany and the EU must use diplomatic leverage to counter this deliberate tool of war.

Mapping Global Surrogacy

Report

The report exposes how global surrogacy is a supply-driven industry shaped by global inequities, weak regulation, and the power of “care brokers.” It calls for transnational policy action rooted in feminist ethics and reproductive justice.

Amrita Pande

Meat Atlas 2013