Events

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the execution of the first resistance fighters against the Nazi regime, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law of the University of Vienna and the association "Justizgeschichte & Rechtsstaat“ commemorate the victims and resistance fighters within the framework of the Symposium "Diktatur und Widerstand" (Dictatorship and Resistance). The symposium will take place from June 29 to July 1, 2022 at four locations in Vienna.

The 21st Austrian Lawyers' Day will be held at the University of Vienna from 1 to 3 June 2022. The theme of this year's programme for the Public Law Department is "Protecting fundamental rights in the face of new challenges". Our Scientific Director Michael Lysander Fremuth will speak on 2 June about the crisis in Ukraine, international law as well as human rights issues.

The programme of the Austrian Jurists' Day is available in the download area.

The NGO Forum 2022 of the Austrian Ombudsman Board will take place from May 12 to 13, 2022. The focus of this year's forum is the topic "Basic Social Rights". Karin Lukas, President of the European Social Committee and Head of Programme Line at the LBI-GMR, will speak on social protection as part of a working group on May 12.
On May 13, there will be a panel discussion with representatives of all parliamentary groups.

The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, the University of Vienna and the Austrian League for Human Rights in cooperation with Amnesty International Austria cordially invited to the HUMAN RIGHTS TALK "Auf Kollisionskurs: Korruption versus Menschenrechte" (On Collision Course: Corruption versus Human Rights) on April 28, 2022 at 6 pm, online.