Public Lecture "The Global Financial Crisis’ Impact on the Human Rights Accountability of Companies", Tuesday, 1 September 2009 The Research Platform Human Rights in the European Context invites to a high-level expert roundtable.
NEW: Elective course „Protection against Discrimination“
The elective course „Protection against Discrimination“ (in German language) starts at the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna in the winter term 2009/2010.
Interdisciplinary PhD Positions at the University of Vienna About the positions: The University of Vienna announces the vacancy of 12 PhD positions for college assistants within the interdisciplinary doctoral college “Empowerment through Human Rights”. Duration of the posts is three years each; 20 hours part-time employment will be at the University of Vienna for the whole period. During this period, the college assistants will work together in the interdisciplinary group and will each write a stand-alone PhD thesis. College assistants can seek participation in related research activities within the institutions involved to an extent of another 20 hours. The deadline for application is 30 September 2009; interviews with applicants will be conducted from 15 October onwards; the planned starting date for all 12 positions is 1 January 2010.
AHRI/COST Conference, 18-19 September 2009 As Part of the COST Action "The Role of The EU in UN Human Rights Reform", the 10th anual conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes is about "Partnerships and Reform of Human Rights protection"
Study "International Perspective on Positive Action Measures" published The study was created as a result of a cooperation between the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights and the University of Bradford and examines the role that positive action measures can play in preventing or remedying discrimination. Examples from both - the public and private sector - are included
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights joins UN Global Compact The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
New DC newsletter published On the occasion of the EU Parliament Election 2009, the current newspaper deals with this institution's important role in the context of Development Cooperation and Human Rights.
www.atlas-of-torture.org goes online The project, under the direction of Prof. Manfred Nowak (BIM / UN Special Rapporteur on Torture), intends to provide an objective and independent overview of the situation of torture and ill-treatment around the world
New M.A. Program "Menschenrechte - Human Rights" The Department of European Integration at the Danube University of Krems is launching a new M.A. program "Human Rights" in October 2009.
