The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM; German: Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Menschenrechte) is a

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affiliated with the Austrian Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, that specializes in the area of

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

History

It was founded in 1992 by Felix Ermacora, Manfred Nowak and Hannes Tretter, all three Professors of Law at the

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. Felix Ermacora († 1995) served as its first director, followed by Manfred Nowak and Hannes Tretter as joint scientific directors (2009–2019). Since 2019 Michael Lysander Fremuth has been scientific director. Fremuth also holds a professorship for Fundamental and Human Rights at the University of Vienna. The institute is located at Freyung 6 in the city center of

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. It cooperates with the Institut für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht at the

. In 1993, the Institute organised and coordinated the activities of more than 3,000 NGO delegates during the

World Conference on Human Rights The World Conference on Human Rights was held by the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, on 14 to 25 June 1993. It was the first human rights conference held since the end of the Cold War. The main result of the conference was the Vienna Declaratio ...

. In 2002, the Institute became a general mandate by the European Commission for the execution of twinning projects. Since the establishment of the research platform Human Rights in the European Context in 2008, the Institute coordinates the research platform that brings together researchers of six faculties of the University of Vienna.

Structure

The institute's day-to-day work is managed by the Managing Director Patricia Mussi-Mailer. There are the following research areas within the Institute: * Human

Dignity Dignity is a human's contentment attained by satisfying physiological needs and a need in development. The content of contemporary dignity is derived in the new natural law theory as a distinct human good. As an extension of the Enlightenment- ...

and Public Security * Development Cooperation and Business * European Neighbourhood and

Integration Integration may refer to: Biology *Multisensory integration *Path integration * Pre-integration complex, viral genetic material used to insert a viral genome into a host genome *DNA integration, by means of site-specific recombinase technology, ...

Policy * Anti Discrimination,

Diversity Diversity, diversify, or diverse may refer to: Business *Diversity (business), the inclusion of people of different identities (ethnicity, gender, age) in the workforce *Diversity marketing, marketing communication targeting diverse customers * ...

and Asylum *

Women's Rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

Children's Rights Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

and

Trafficking in Human Beings Human trafficking is the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving individuals through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploitation. This exploitation may include forced labor, sexual slavery, or oth ...

Human Rights Education Human rights education (HRE) is the learning process that seeks to build knowledge, values, and proficiency in the rights that each person is entitled to. This education teaches students to examine their own experiences from a point of view that ...

* Digital Rights

Awards

In 1995, the institute was awarded the human rights award "Bruno-Kreisky Preis für Verdienste um die Menschenrechte". In 2007, the same prize was awarded to the institute's former scientific co-director Manfred Nowak.

Publications

In 1999, the Institute became co-editor of "Jahrbuch Menschenrechte" a yearbook on human rights. Between 1999 and 2007, the Institute published its own study series with the publisher Verlag Österreich. Since 2008, the Institute publishes with the Austrian Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag (NWV) the studie series "Studienreihe des Ludwig Boltzmann Instituts für Menschenrechte" (available internationally via Intersentia publishers): (selection) *Universal Criminal Jurisdiction as Mechanism and Part of the Global Struggle to Combat Impunity with Particular Regards to the Crime of Torture, Manfred Nowak, Fiona Steinert and Hannes Tretter (Eds), Vienna 2012 (Studienreihe, Volume 23) *A World Court of Human Rights – Consolidated Statute and Commentary, Julia Kozma, Manfred Nowak, Martin Scheinin, Vienna 2011 (Studienreihe, Volume 22) *Extraordinary Renditions and the Protection of Human Rights, Vienna, 2010 (Studienreihe, Volume 20) In addition, there are many publications by the institute's staff in addition to this study series.

References

External links

Ludwig Boltzmann Institut of Human RightsLudwig Boltzmann SocietyResearch Platform Human Rights in the European Context
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fur Menschenrechte Human rights organisations based in Austria Research institutes in Austria University of Vienna 1992 establishments in Austria