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Our events offer different perspectives on the topics of law and the rule of law—whether through panel discussions, discussion and film evenings, book presentations, or artistic formats and activities. Read more about this in our annual program!

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  • A banner on a wall in Poland featuring the face of Judge Igor Tuleya; protesters in the background

    Movie Night: „Poland and Democracy—Judges Under Pressure“

    Cinematheque Karlsruhe Kaiserpassage 6, 76133 Karlsruhe

    Film screening of the documentary „Poland and Democracy – Judges Under Pressure“ (Poland 2022) at the Kinemathek Karlsruhe: The national-conservative PiS party, which has been in power in Poland since 2015, wants to push through judicial reform to curtail the independence of the courts. One tool for this is a chamber designed to bring judges into line with the government’s agenda, but also… Read More »Movie Night: „Poland and Democracy—Judges Under Pressure“

  • Participants in a workshop at the Forum Recht Foundation engaged in conversation.

    Kick-off event for the Young Constitutional Talks 2024

    Stiftung Forum Recht Karlstraße 45 A, Karlsruhe, Germany

    With the "Young Constitutional Talks", the Stiftung Forum Recht is participating in this year's program of the Karlsruhe Schlosslichtspiele 2024 in cooperation with the Stadtjugendausschuss e.V. and Karlsruhe Marketing und Event GmbH (KME). In preparation, the discussants will go through a project phase from April onwards in which they will creatively deal with questions about the future, get to know the topic of the rule of law and prepare for the discussion.

  • Turquoise neon lettering in capital letters: "In guter Verfassung? Das Grundgesetz für morgen". Below the logos of detektor.fm and Stiftung Forum Recht

    Live Podcast Event: „In Good Shape? The Constitution for Tomorrow“

    Stiftung Forum Recht 20 Universitätsstraße, Leipzig

    Together with the Leipzig-based podcast radio station detektor.fm, we are producing the joint podcast project „In Good Shape? The Basic Law for Tomorrow“ in 2024. In the year marking the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law, the podcast explores the state of the Basic Law and its role in German society. How well-suited is our constitution for the next 75 years?

  • Photo, event room with event lighting, picture was taken from the audience and a seated panelist can be seen in the background.

    Panel: Pretty extreme! Do we have a resilient democracy?

    VHS (Adult Education Center) Leipzig Löhrstraße 3-7, 04105 Leipzig, Room 301 (Auditorium), Germany

    How can we protect our democracy through legal means? Experts from the fields of law, academia, and civil society discuss party bans and other measures. Since the publication of Correctiv’s investigative report on the close ties between far-right ideologues and the Alternative for Germany party, tens of thousands of people across Germany have taken to the streets. They are protesting against far-right extremism and drawing attention to… Read More »Panel: Pretty extreme! Do we have a resilient democracy?

  • A crowd in downtown Leipzig is illuminated by a light installation. In the background are the Schauspielhaus and the MDR Tower.

    Interviews for the Festival of Lights installation „Fortuna. Futura. Libertas“ at the Forum Recht Foundation in Leipzig

    Stiftung Forum Recht 20 Universitätsstraße, Leipzig

    Preparations for the 2024 Leipzig Festival of Lights are already in full swing. One of the approximately 20 art installations planned along the city center ring road is by Liudmila Siewerski, Katia Sophia Ditzler, Charlotte Bach, and Marisol Jiménez, an international team of female artists. They are inviting the people of Leipzig to contribute to the content of their work, „Fortuna. Futura. Libertas.“ To this end, the artists will be working in Leipzig from… Read More »Interviews for the Festival of Lights installation „Fortuna. Futura. Libertas“ at the Forum Recht Foundation in Leipzig

  • two rows of chairs with participants

    Panel Discussion: „A Robust Interim Solution? 75 Years of the Basic Law“

    Lecture Hall of the Baden State Library 15 Erbprinzenstraße, Karlsruhe

    To mark the anniversary of the Basic Law, the Forum Recht Foundation, in collaboration with the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe, is hosting a panel discussion featuring guests from the judiciary, academia, and civil society.

    Free
  • Three women on a podium in a magnificent neoclassical hall; the woman in the middle, who is about 35 years old and thus the youngest, is holding the microphone and speaking at that very moment.

    Symposium „1949–2024–2049: Remembering the Past, Mastering the Present, Shaping the Future“

    Schöneberg City Hall | Theodor-Heuss Hall John F. Kennedy Square, Berlin, Germany

    Seventy-five years after the Basic Law came into effect, our constitution must prove its worth in a world undergoing fundamental change: Digitalization, globalization, climate change, migration, and demographic shifts present the Federal Republic with a wide range of challenges, as does the realignment of security and foreign trade policy—and, not least, the trend toward authoritarianism, which is putting pressure on democracy both nationally and globally. In light of… Read More »Symposium „1949–2024–2049: Remembering the Past, Mastering the Present, Shaping the Future“