On the death of Alexei Navalny
A joint statement by Vienna Forum for Democracy and Human Rights and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Austria
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, …
Vienna Forum and Zentrum polis on the Civic Education Map
The Civic Education Map of The Civics is online. Zentrum polis was one of the Austrian partners of the initiative. Currently, more than 400 institutions from ten countries are already listed on the interactive map. Ten more are to follow in the year 2023.
Aktionstage Politische Bildung #atpb23
From 23. April to 9 April Together with cooperation partners from all federal states, Zentrum polis offers new daily opportunities for political education, for teachers and school classes, but also …
New CITIZED project website
New project website for CITIZED.
New article: “More resilience against anti-democratic phenomena”
The article “More Resilience against Anti-democratic Phenomena” by Patricia Hladschik and Markus Pausch has just been published in the new issue of International – Die Zeitschrift für internationale Politik. Democracy …
21 March 2022, Rechtspanorama, Die Presse
On 21 March 2022, a guest commentary appeared in the “Rechtspanorama” of the daily newspaper “Die Presse” by Hannes Tretter on the first-time application of the EU Mass Influx Directive …
PEN Norway Turkey Indictment Project Report 2021
On 23 March 2022, PEN Norway will hold the launch of the Turkey Indictment Project Final Report 2021. At this event, there are distinguished experts from Europe and Turkey invited …
Appeal to the Austrian Federal Government in view of the current situation in Afghanistan
The human rights situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated so dramatically within a very short time that Austria, as a member of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the …