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In Memoriam Hannes Tretter: Vienna Symposium “Emergency Democracy” Continues His Life’s Work
On September 24, 2025, a high-caliber panel of experts will gather in the attic of Vienna's Juridicum to commemorate the late lawyer and human rights expert Hannes Tretter and continue his life's work. The symposium “Emergency Democracy” is dedicated to the project of the same name, which was conceived in the last months of his life.
September 15 is the United Nations International Day of Democracy. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons/ Peter Binter/ CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
The event is being organized by the Vienna Forum for Democracy and Human Rights, whose chairman was Hannes Tretter until his death on March 17, 2025. The symposium ties in with the United Nations International Day of Democracy on September 15. As the Vienna Forum emphasizes, rapidly increasing economic inequality is one of the greatest threats to social cohesion and democratic…
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