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Dangerous Journey. Migration through the Transit Land Mexico

January 13, 2012 -

The discovery of 72 killed migrants in the northern state of Tamaulipas in August 2011 was a tragic event that accelerated and enhanced public awareness for the problem of severe human rights violations toward migrants in Mexico. Since then, new cases are continually coming out in the open. The majority of the migrants killed in Mexico are never identified and remain nameless. 

Jennifer Dresel more»

Policy Paper

Women, Revolution, Politics and Power

- December 16, 2011 - During the Arab uprisings, an unprecedented number of women took to the streets, paving the way for a more important role in politics. However, in the transitional period that follows, they now have to fight against their exclusion from the political arena. Dalal al-Bizri more»
The Federal Budget and Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012

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The Federal Budget and Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012

 - July 19, 2011 - This report offers a detailed look at the U.S. funding and assistance for democracy and governance in the Middle East, the Congressional appropriations process, and implications for U.S. policy in the Middle East during this turbulent time. Stephen McInerny more»

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People's Power - The Arab World in Revolt

 - July 13, 2011 - The self-immolation of young and jobless Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi in the provincial town of Sidi Bouzid, being deprived of his vegetable stand and humiliated by the authorities, triggered popular movements and historic events in the Arab World completely unexpected in their magnitude. Mouin Rabbani, Fawaz Traboulsi, Ahmad Beydoun, Mohammed Ali Atassi, Hussein Yaakoub, Yassine Temlali, Asef Bayat, Muhammad Ali Khalidi, Terry Regier, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Aref Hijjawi, Magda Abu-Fadil, Doreen Khoury more»

Policy Paper

Revolutions among the Southern Neighbors

- March 17, 2011 - The people of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, and also in other countries such as Yemen, Bahrain and Algeria are revolting against encrusted structures. Which direction the movement will take is still open, but one thing has become clear during the last few weeks: Neither the EU nor the EU Member States can claim that the current transition process in Tunisia or Egypt is a direct result of the European democratization policy. Isabel Schaefer more»

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Jasmine Hope

 - January 31, 2011 - The Jasmine Revolution has prevailed, and the dictator has fled. The Tunisian people have outlined a new page in their history and the history of the Arab world during this first half of 2011. Fawaz Trabulsi more»

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10 Years UN Resolution 1325

- December 20, 2010 - Ten years after the adoption of UN resolution 1325 "Women, Peace and Security", the Gunda Werner Institute (GWI) of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in cooperation with the German Women's Security Council and Peace Women Across the Globe hosted an international conference. more»

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Emerging Powers and the Middle East

- December 2, 2010 - One of the most important focal points of overlapping and competing interests of both established and emerging powers is the Middle East. This publication attempts to look at the effects of the global shift of power on the Middle East to explore the prospects of the region to become a partner in an emerging multi-polar system, rather than a stomping ground or even a battlefield for the interest and the prestige of others. more»

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Diversity and Female Political Participation: Views on and from the Arab World

- November 1, 2010 - This edition of the Heinrich Boell Foundation’s series on Democracy analyzes the historical and current developments of gender relationships, and the role of women in the politics of Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. Claudia Derichs, Hoda Salah, Azadeh Zamirirad, Hala Kindelberger, Dana Fennert, and Vania Carvalho Pinto more»

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Placing Human Rights Violations in Iran on Top of the Foreign Policy Agenda

 - October 27, 2010 - As more time passes since the disputed June 2009 election in Iran that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power, the Iranian regime’s campaign of repression against its own citizens deepens. Now more than ever, the segment of the Iranian population seeking positive change feels depleted and disillusioned. This report focuses on the desires of Iranians who are directly involved in the opposition movement or who support the movement regarding the steps governments should take to pressure Iran on its human rights violations. Geneive Abdo and Sebastian Gräfe more»

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Climate Change and Democratisation

 - July 12, 2010 - The paper examines whether democracy at the country level and global climate change matter for another. It raises the question of how to support democracy’s advance in the face of multiple challenges that include the adverse effects of global warming and extreme weather events merits much more attention than it has received so far. Peter Burnell more»
FY2011 Appropriations and Middle East Democracy Report

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FY2011 Appropriations and Middle East Democracy

 - The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) has become a centerpiece of the administration's efforts to engage civil society and support democracy in the region.  Following a 30% increase in funding in FY10, the new budget requests an additional 32% increase up to $86 million. Stephen McInerney, Project on Middle East Democracy more»

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Sudan – No Easy Ways Ahead

- As the interim period of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) draws to a close during 2010–11, Sudan faces two critical tests of its nationhood: the general elections and the referendum on self-determination for Southern Sudan. more»

Conference and dossier

Palestine and the Palestinians 60 Years after the "Nakba"

 - The geographic and social fragmentation of the Palestinian people is essentially a result of the conflict in the Middle East. This topic represents the main focus of our two-day conference with international experts in March 2010. Our dossier provides further information about the conference and the invited experts. more»

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Religion, Politics and Gender Equality

 - September 2009
The United States has been dominated by a political coalition in which conservative evangelical Protestants have played a major role leading to a vociferous conservativism in U.S. policy on issues of both gender and sexuality. Although the elections in 2008 ushered in a new alliance toward more progressivism, the result on questions of gender and sexuality is by no means obvious. By Janet R. Jakobsen and Elizabeth Bernstein more»

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Afghanistan's Parliament in the Making

 - June 2009
The involvement of women in Afghanistan’s public life is decreasing. Attacks, vigilantism, and legal processes that contradict the basic principles of human and women’s rights are the order of the day. By Andrea Fleschenberg more»

Policy Paper

Beyond Guantánamo

 - October 7, 2010 - How to restore the credibility of a country whose foundations and self-understanding are based on the universality of freedom and human rights, but that has violated precisely those rights by practicing torture in Guantánamo and other prisons around the world? Thomas C. Hilde outlines several post-Guantánamo detainee policy proposals – and their difficulties – that address these distinctive sets of issues.
Thomas C. Hilde more»

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Beyond Guantánamo. Restoring U.S. Credibility on Human Rights

 - May 2009
Thomas C. Hilde outlines several post-Guantánamo detainee policy proposals – and their difficulties – that address these distinctive sets of issues, such as military commission trials, continued preventive detention, a national security court or U.S. criminal court trials. In the long run, however, restoring credibility through a reformed detainee policy is only one component of post-Guantánamo credibility; the second indispensable element is accountability By Thomas C. Hilde more»

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Learning from Each Other: The Integration of Immigrant and Minority Groups in the United States and Europe

- April 2009
The United States and the European Union share much in common, including a similar religious and cultural heritage, strong democratic institutions, and a commitment to civil society. One thing they do not share, however, is a common set of political attitudes and attendant policies on how best to integrate immigrant and minority groups into their larger societies.
By Spencer P. Boyer more»

Essays and Interviews

1968 revisited. 40 Years of Protest Movements

 - May 2008
2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the worldwide protests of 1968. The events of that time such as the protests against the war in Vietnam, the Prague Spring and the student protests in Western Europe and the U.S. are closely connected – it was truly a global movement! more»

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Perception of U.S. Democracy Promotion

- May 2008
Though Middle Easterners desire democracy and seek to reform their own political systems, public opinion data show that they are also unhappy with American democracy promotion efforts, and that they believe the U.S. does not genuinely and consistenly support democratic reform. Analysis of this polling data suggests that the U.S. needs to seriously reassess its impact on political reform in the region. By David M. DeBartolo more»
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