Books and E-Papers

The Human Rights Situation of LGBTI Individuals in Armenia. A Practical Assessment

Published: 15 June 2016
This study report "The Human Rights Situation of LGBTI Individuals in Armenia. A Practical Assessment" was prepared by Society Without Violence NGO within the frames of the EU-funded project “Solidarity Network for LGBTI in Armenia and Georgia” implemented by the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

From Private to Public - Transformation of Social Spaces in the South Caucasus

Published: 11 January 2016
This publication unites 11 articles written by Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian alumni of the HBF SC regional scholarship programme from 2011, 2013 and 2014, which focus on understanding the inherent changes that have occured in the South Caucasus societies recently.

Anti-Gender Movements on the Rise?

Published: 4 May 2015
The concept of "gender backlash" encompasses too activities pursued by a multitude of different local initiatives all over Central and Eastern Europe, which strongly promote tradition over equality. In many cases these groups appear to be backed and inspired both by influential US-American “pro life” organisations as well as the Kremlin’s "Gay-rope" propaganda, which aims to discredit the European Union as a place of moral decline.

Post Oil City: The History of the City's Future

Published: 19 March 2015
The edited version of the catalogue prepared for the exhibition Post Oil City organized by IFA and Arch+ (initially in 2010), reflects the architectural and urban projects developed and implemented in Asia, Africa and America and responds many other issues.

Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin

Published: 7 February 2015
South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation and Radarami present Georgian translation of Timothy Snyder's book "Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin".

Soil Atlas: Facts and figures about earth, land and fields

Published: 16 January 2015
Through misuse, we lose 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil every year. For the International Year of Soils in 2015, this Atlas shows, why the soil should concern us all. Jointly published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies.

Resource Politics for a Fair Future

Published: 5 June 2014
Publication Series on Ecology 38: How could a just and democratic resource politics look like that respects both planetary boundaries and human rights? The Memorandum “Resource Politics for a Fair Future” is the outcome of a two-year international dialogue process of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Georgia: History of Green Politics

Published: 27 March 2014
Aim of the project was public awareness rising on political and civil green movement through research and publication of the most interesting historic chapters of green movement in independent Georgia.

Observing Transformation: Adaptation Strategies in the South Caucasus

Published: 11 February 2014
“Observing Transformation: Adaptation Strategies in the South Caucasus” is the sixth compilation of articles written by Henrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus scholarship holders. Selected research works conducted in 2008 and in 2010 are presented in this publication.

Playing with Statues: Stalin Here and Now

Published: 10 February 2014
49 photos and 3 essays presented in this edition is the imprint of the Soviet regime on modern Georgia. This regime had been waging the war against its own people for decades by persecuting its own citizens, restricting their freedom of speech, choice and movement, spying and using violence against them.

How to Defeat Hate Speech

Published: 10 February 2014
This publication is a product of “Addressing Hate Speech in Georgia: A Litmus Test for Human Rights and Social Tolerance” project implemented by the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. This publication has been produced with the assistance of the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia.

The South Caucasus and Turkey: History Lessons of the 20th Century

Published: 10 February 2014
The publication – “The South Caucasus and Turkey: History Lessons of the 20th Century” is the collection of scientific articles prepared by authors from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey presenting the research and analytical materials on the key issues regarding history lessons in the South Caucasus and Turkey.

Beyond the Karabakh Conflict: The Story of Village Exchange

Published: 7 February 2014
In the second half of the 1980s, with the beginning of the Armenian-Azer­baijani military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani residents of Kyzyl-Shafag, a village in northern Armenia, and Armenian residents of Kerkenj, a village in central Azerbaijan, met through their own initiative to negotiate a peaceful exchange of their villages.

Manifold Angles of Gender

Published: 5 February 2014
This is a publication of materials, a small selection of the papers presented by researchers and activists at the International Conference – Manifold Angles of Gender: Looking through a Magnifying Glass, organized and hosted by the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation.