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Austrian and European human rights protection: Children and Youth rights in focus
Seminar with Katharina Pabel (WU)
Speaker: Katharina Pabel
Date: December 1, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Duration: 3 hours (online)
Key areas:
- Overview of fundamental rights
- The significance of fundamental rights for the individual and for the actions of the state
- Fundamental rights issues of particular relevance to children and young people (e.g., right to education, freedom of expression, data protection…)
- Fundamental rights issues relevant to integration (discrimination, headscarf ban, fundamental rights issues in deportations)
- Current examples of the relevance of fundamental rights in the everyday lives of children and young people in Austria (e.g., fundamental rights in schools and educational institutions – headscarf ban, participation in physical education, climate stickers and freedom of demonstration, social media and freedom of communication)
Objectives: To obtain basic information about the protection of fundamental rights in Austria; to examine the legal status and protection of children and young people; to be able to convey the significance of fundamental and human rights for life in Austria within the context of integration.
Katharina Pabel is a university professor of public and international law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, specializing in human rights protection as well as constitutional and administrative law. She is a deputy member of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and deputy chair of the Management Board of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. Since 2023, she has chaired the University Council of the Johannes Kepler University Linz. She was a long-standing member and chair of the Expert Council on Integration.
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