Council of Europe honours an event organised by Zentrum polis for schools 

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Collage with three layers in front of the glass building of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. At the top left, a large dark blue Slido poll screen shows the question “Welche Menschenrechte kennt ihr?” (“Which human rights do you know?”) and a word cloud with terms like “Meinungsfreiheit” (freedom of expression), “Recht auf Leben” (right to life), “Recht auf Bildung” (right to education), “Religionsfreiheit” (freedom of religion), “Pressefreiheit” (freedom of the press), and other fundamental rights. On the left side of the poll screen there is a QR code with the text “Join at slido.com #75_EMRK”. At the top right is a logo for the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights, with a circle of stars and the text “European Convention on Human Rights 1950–2025 – 75”. At the bottom, the modern glass headquarters of the Council of Europe is visible with a sign in front reading “Council of Europe – Conseil de l’Europe”. At the bottom right, several video call tiles show different participants in an online meeting.
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To mark the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights, a special edition of the webinar series “Europe 90 Minutes+” was held on 23 October 2025 for all Austrian schools. 

The mini online lecture series by Zentrum polis was held under the patronage of Alain Berset (Secretary General of the Council of Europe) and Christoph Wiederkehr (Minister of Education).

The online episode was moderated by Patricia Hladschik, Zentrum polis, and Anton Salesny, Honorary Representative of the Council of Europe for Austria.

Aloisia Wörgetter, Austrian Ambassador to the Council of Europe, Manfred Nowak, human rights expert and board member of the Vienna Forum for Democracy and Human Rights, and Udo Seiwert-Fauti, former ARD journalist at the Council of Europe and BBC radio reporter, were live guests and reported on the importance and current relevance of the ECHR and answered the students’ many questions.

Over 200 students, teachers and interested parties followed the event either on a screen in the classroom or by tuning in directly from their offices or living rooms.

The Council of Europe honours this initiative with a news report and a press release to its 40,000 multipliers.   

Council of Europe Newsroom: Austria’s schools learn about the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights