WIR MÜSSEN REDEN #6: Menschenrechte

In the organizer's words:

Talk | Hot discussion & warm cuisine
#6: Human Rights

In cooperation with Amnesty International

In a makeshift "kitchen for all", presenter Jascha Sommer cooks and discusses the state of human rights with Anja Mihr (political scientist, Center on Governance through Human Rights) and Vera Dwors (spokesperson, One World Network NRW). Afterwards, the audience is invited to a meal and discussion.

Human rights are considered universal - and yet they are under pressure worldwide. Authoritarian governments, economic dependencies and geopolitical interests threaten them; at the same time, traditional forms of human rights engagement and development cooperation are also coming under criticism. How can we fight for human rights today - without moralizing, but with political effectiveness? What responsibility do development organizations bear when they take on tasks in countries that should actually be carried out by the state? How do we fight for human rights - in the midst of contradictions, power relations and global inequality?

With Wir müssen reden, the FWT invites you to a series of discussions that sees the theater as a place of social negotiation - between experts and audience, conversation and a shared meal.

Participation limited - ticket purchase recommended!
Date: November 12, 2025, 7 pm
Duration: approx. 120 minutes

Participants

Vera Dwors is the spokesperson for Eine Welt Netz NRW, an association of development organizations committed to global justice, sustainable development and human rights. She previously worked at the oikos Institute for Mission and Ecumenism of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia on partnerships, climate justice and global learning with a focus on South Africa.

Dr. Anja Mihr is a political scientist and human rights researcher. She heads the Center on Governance through Human Rights at the Berlin Governance Platform gGmbH and previously held a DAAD professorship for politics, human rights and transformation processes at the OSCE Academy Bishkek. She previously taught at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt and at the Institute for Human Rights (SIM) at Utrecht University. She specializes in global human rights, governance and social change.

Jascha Sommer is artistic co-director of the FWT: Freies Werkstatt Theater Köln, curator and performance artist. At the FWT, he develops artistic formats at the interface of theater, performance and media art, opens the house more strongly to urban society and combines discourse events with aesthetic practice.

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