Portrait of Karin Rowhani Wimmer.

About me

Current activities:

  • Austrian member of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture of the Council of Europe

  • Head of Commission 6 of the Austrian Ombudsman Board - Preventive Human Rights Monitoring

  • Lecturer at the University of Vienna in the Human Rights master programme and lecturer at several universities of applied sciences in Austria (social work) on the topics of human rights, medical and health law, ethics, family and criminal law, inclusion

  • City of Vienna, trainer at the Training and Further Education Centre (AWZ) in the training of people with disabilities as peer counsellors and further training of employees in the field of persons with disabilities

  • Surgery Dr. Marcel Rowhani, advice on legal and organisational matters (medical law, labour law, data protection)

Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Law (University of Vienna)

  • Qualified social worker (degree in social work, Vienna)

  • Certified ethics counsellor in healthcare (AEM)

  • Certified data protection officer (ISO/IEC 17024)