Wiktor Osiatyński

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Wiktor Osiatyński

Wiktor Osiatyński (born February 6, 1945 in Białystok , † April 29, 2017 in Warsaw ) was a Polish legal scholar , sociologist and civil rights activist .

Career

Osiatyński studied law and sociology at the University of Warsaw , received a doctorate in sociology and a habilitation in law.

In the 1990s he headed the Research Center for Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe in Chicago . In 1995 he was appointed professor at the Central European University in Budapest . In 2017 the Chair for Human Rights was named with his name.

He has lectured at the University of Connecticut , University of Siena , Stanford University , Columbia University, and Harvard University .

Osiatyński was a member of the Political Science Committee at the Polish Academy of Sciences and was involved in drafting the Polish Constitution in 1997 .

He was a member of the Helsinki Foundation's Program Council for Human Rights. He dealt with the problems of alcoholism, was himself dependent on alcohol at times, which he openly admitted.

As part of the Stephan Báthory Foundation , he founded the Commission for Education on Alcoholism. He also supported the movement for women's rights. He conducted interviews “Understanding the World” with interesting people on Tok-FM radio.

Publications (selection)

  • Twoja konstytucja ( your basic law ). Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, Warsaw 1997, ISBN 83-02-06644-3
  • with Ryszard Chruściak: Tworzenie konstytucji w Polsce w latach 1989–1997 ( formation of the Basic Law in Poland in the period 1989–1997 ). Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Warsaw 2001, ISBN 83-86917-79-2 .
  • Human rights and their limits . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009, ISBN 978-0521-11027-3

Web links

Commons : Wiktor Osiatyński  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Piotr Pacewicz: Wiktor Osiatyński never żyje. Zostawił nam w spadku zobowiązanie, by “spisywać czyny i rozmowy” władzy, by rejestrować łamanie zasad państwa prawa. In: oko.press. April 29, 2017, Retrieved May 8, 2017 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Osiatyński, Wiktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish legal scholar, sociologist and civil rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Białystok
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2017
Place of death Warsaw