Democracy, human rights and the judiciary
On 22 May 2024, the Krems Regional Court and the Krems-Waldviertel Lawyers’ Club hosted a lecture and panel discussion.
polis aktuell – the journal of Zentrum polis
The journal is published digitally and in printed form. On 16 to 24 pages, topics of civic education are prepared for teachers. Under the link you can download polis aktuell …
Austrian Citizenship Days
The Austrian Citizenship Days are an annual nationwide campaign (each year between 23 April and 9 May) with the aim to raise and strengthen public awareness for citizenship education in Austria. The initiative of the …
The 75th anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe
To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe, Zentrum polis has created a comprehensive online resource for teachers and pupils . A collection of task …
On the death of Alexei Navalny
A joint statement by Vienna Forum for Democracy and Human Rights and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Austria
Vienna Human Rights Conference (Dec. 10th to 11th 2023)
Report on the Vienna Human Rights Conference on December 10th and
11th 2023 at Vienna City Hall
Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner: shortlist announced
The Committee of Ministers has submitted a shortlist of three candidates for the post of Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner to the organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly. The candidates are, in …
Newsletter Dec 2023
The Vienna Forum reacted with great concern to the war of aggression led by Russia in Ukraine, the Hamas massacre in Israel and Israel’s subsequent warfare in the Gaza Strip, …
CITIZED Final Conference in Brussels 2023 (Review)
From November 27 to 29, 2023, the final conference of the Erasmus+ project CITIZED (Policy Implementation support and teacher empowerment for CITIZenship Education, 2020-2023) took place. The event was part …
Vienna Human Rights Conference in 10 and 11 Dec 2023
As the International Year of Human Rights draws to a close, we cordially invite you to the Vienna Human Rights Conference in 10 and 11 December 2023.