Current Publications

Beitrag von Monika Mayrhofer im Minority Report 2019

Climate change will have profound impacts on the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples. The report "Minority and Indigenous Trends 2019" discusses the challenges of climate change and the topic of climate justice with regard to minorities' and indigenous peoples' rights. The chapter written by Monika Mayrhofer gives a short overview of the discussion on terminology and regulation of mobility in the context of climate change, with a particular reference to minorities and indigenous peoples.

Menschenrechten Gestalt und Wirksamkeit verleihen - Making Human Rights Work

Hannes Tretter and Manfred Nowak, together with Felix Ermacora, founded the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights in 1992 and acted as directors of the Institute for more than 27 years. The upcoming change in the scientific management of the institute was the reason for the preparation of the present Festschrift.

E-book on the rights of asylum seekers within the EU and the effective enforcement of CFREU

Research on the (potential) role of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU) for the European legal regime was conducted in Austria, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Poland. The research was seen as key in preparing and developing the training materials as well as the "Training Manual: The Role of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Asylum Cases" within the project "Judging the Charter".

Volume 36 I 2018: Der Nutzen internationaler Wahlbeobachtung

Band 36 I 2018: Der Nutzen internationaler Wahlbeobachtung

Published by: Manfred Nowak / Fiona Steinert / Hannes Tretter

Author: Florian Dunkel

Benefits of International Election Observation – On the contribution of a control mechanism for the implementation of human rights, with special reference to EU election missions in Guinea-Bissau and East Timor Study

Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2018

Equal Access to Justice for All and Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Agenda: Challenges for Latin America and Europe

The book provides an extensive overview of objectives and current implementation of Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and Europe. Based on discussions at the GIZ-EIUC conference in Venice of May 2017, the book offers new insights into specifically Goal 16.3 from a Latin American and European perspective. Current challenges to access to justice before the European and the Inter-American Courts of Human Rights as well as common and different challenges to the European and Inter-American Human Rights systems are assessed.

European Yearbook on Human Rights 2018

Both in Europe and around the world, 2017 has been another difficult year for the protection of human rights.

Inside Police Custody 2: Country report for Austria

It can be seen from the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights that violations of the rights of accused persons occur in all EU Member States. In addition, the EU has an interest in promoting trust between EU Member States in order to facilitate mutual recognition of judicial decisions. Common minimum standards can contribute to this.

Changing Communities, Changing Policing

Changing Communities, Changing Policing is a comprehensive collection of contributions by scholars from several scientific disciplines and backgrounds who examine the policing model of community policing from various theoretical and practical angles.

The reversal of the right to asylum in a world of nation states

In this contribution to the VIDC's Spotlight Magazine, Adel-Naim Reyhani (BIM) outlines how the very same Europe, which brought forth a historic international agreement on the protection of refugees almost 70 years ago, is now about to reverse the right to asylum.

Vienna+25 Conference (May 2018): Brochure "Compilation of Documents"

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna in June 1993, the Vienna+25 conference gathered experts from civil society and academia, national, regional and sub-regional human rights institutions as well as representatives from the local level in the Human Rights City of Vienna on 22 and 23 May 2018 to discuss current human rights challenges and elaborate recommendations how to tackle these challenges.

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