Verena Benedict-Orlicek (secretary)
holds a law degree from the University of Vienna and studied at the Faculty of Commerce at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is currently in charge of Partner Cooperation/External Relations as well as the Course Modul V.4. “Managing a Human Rights Project” at the Vienna Master of Arts in Applied Human Rights at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (2020 – 2026).
Susanne Fraczek
Co-course director at the Social Academy, Arbeiterkammer Wien; previously Head of Operations at the European Documentation Centre in Krems at the University for Continuing Education Krems, and Programme Director at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights; lawyer, political scientist, English language specialist, and political adult educator
Gregor Heißl
Judge at the Regional Administrative Court for the Tyrol (responsible, among other things, for complaints regarding measures) and private lecturer in constitutional and administrative law at the University of Innsbruck
Kate Karklina
Postdoctoral scholar in international and comparative human rights law, holding a Doctor iuris from Central European University. Her research focuses on human dignity, personal autonomy, and the implications of digitalisation for human rights law.
Manu Krishan (co-opted)
Human rights and sustainability consultant from Vienna, with a background in Philosophy (University of Kent), an MA in Human Rights (University of Vienna) and an MSc in Sustainability, Entrepreneurship and Technology (WU Vienna). As Head of Unit at the Global Campus of Human Rights, he leads the follow-up to the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, and he serves on the steering bodies of the World Congress on Justice with Children and the Child-Friendly Justice European Network. He is preparing doctoral research in philosophy on what makes it legitimate to speak for future generations and the rights of future generations.
Stephanie Krisper
Human rights expert, board member at Hemayat, PhD candidate in law, graduate of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation, former staff member at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, amongst other roles, and former Member of the Austrian Parliament.
Manfred Nowak (chairperson)
Professor for Human Rights and Head of the Vienna Master of Arts in Human Rights at the University of Vienna; Secretary General of the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice; Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) 1992–2019
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Marion Wisinger (chairperson)
Historian, Board Member of the Austrian League of Human Rights; President of PEN-Club Austria and Editor-in-Chief of the League’s Magazine for Human Rights
Hannes Tretter (chairperson) (deceased)
Associate Professor for Fundamental and Human Rights, University Vienna (ret.); Co-Founder and Co-Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) 1992–2019; Deputy Head, Management Bord, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights 2007–2012
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