Gerhard Oberschlick

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Gerhard Fritz Oberschlick (born August 30, 1942 in

literary executor of Günther Anders
.

Life and career

After high school in

Movement of 1968 in Austria.[3] At last the Anti-military referendum caused FORVM founder Friedrich Torberg to distance himself from the magazine with these words: The new FORVM is the magazine against which the old one was founded. [4]

Starting in 1971 Oberschlick organized a music festival with Friedrich Gulda in Ossiach and two scientific symposia for the Kreisky government in Vienna, created a Happening and worked as a dramaturge for plays by Ibsen and Pirandello.

In 1975 he returned to FORVM as a publishing manager, 1982/83 he served as editor-in-chief and in 1986 he became the owner and editor of the magazine. During his editorship FORVM retained its high profile through

NSDAP regime.[6] At the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Oberschlick achieved several verdicts against the Republic of Austria because of violation of the freedom of speech, and this caused finally in 1995 a change of Austria's criminal law.[7] Since then Austria's high courts are bound to all decisions of the ECHR,[8]
therefore implementing human rights in the legal system of the country.

Since 1992 he has served as the

literary executor of philosopher and anti-nuclear activist Günther Anders. In June 1995 Oberschlick chaired the International Human Rights Tribunal. His co-chair was environmental activist Freda Meissner-Blau, and human rights activist Christian Michelides served as the attorney general. The tribunal was dedicated to the persecution of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons in Austria during the period from 1945 to 1995.[9] As a consequence of this endeavour and other efforts all discriminating laws against LGBT
-persons in Austria have been abolished between 1996 and 2005.

At the end of 1995 Oberschlick had to close down FORVM due to lack of financial means. Since 2000 he has edited a modest internet issue of the former magazine.

In 2022, together with Meral Şimşek, he received the Theodor Kramer Prize for Writing in Resistance and Exile.[10]

Publications

  • (ed., with Marietta Torberg): Die Zukunft von Wissenschaft und Technik in Österreich [The Future of Science and Engineering in Austria]. Europa Verlag, Vienna 1973.
  • (ed.): FORVM, Internationale Zeitschrift für kulturelle Freiheit, politische Gleichheit und solidarische Arbeit [International magazine for cultural freedom, political equality and solidary labour], Issue 387-394 bis 499-504 (September 30, 1986 till December 6, 1995) Vienna
    ISSN 0028-3622
    .
  • (ed.): Günther Anders, Obdachlose Skulptur. Über Rodin. Beck, Munich 1994,
    ISBN 3-406-37450-6
    .
  • (ed.): Günther Anders, Über Heidegger. With a text by Dieter Thomä and two translations by Werner Reimann. Beck, Munich 2001,
    ISBN 3-406-48259-7
    .

References

  1. ^ Souveräner Oberschlick, St. Pöltner Nachrichten, May 19, 1970
  2. ^ Parteien kneifen, St. Pöltner Zeitung, May 19, 1970
  3. ^ Andreas Maislinger, Anti-Bundesheer-Volksbegehren: Volksbegehren oder Spielwiese verstreuter Alt-68-er? In: Anton Pelinka, Populismus in Österreich. Vienna 1987.
  4. ^ Kleine Zeitung, May 18, 1970
  5. ^ EGMR: Case of Oberschlick v. Austria (I), Application no. 11662/85, May 23, 1991, echr.coe.int
  6. ^ EGMR: Case of Oberschlick v. Austria (II), Application no. 20834/92, July 1, 1997, echr.coe.int
  7. ^ Strafrechtsänderungsgesetz 1995, Regierungsvorlage, Erläuterungen Seite 149 ff.
  8. ^ §§ 363a-c StPO
  9. ^ Gerhard Oberschlick: Appell des 'Internationalen Menschenrechts-Tribunals' gegen die Diskriminierung von Homosexuellen und Transsexuellen in den Medien. In: Database on legal information relevant to the audiovisual sector in Europe IRIS Merlin. The Audiovisual Law Information Wizard 1995-7:12/36 [1] Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Theodor-Kramer-Preis 2022 an Meral Şimşek und Gerhard Oberschlick. In: Der Standard vom 1. Juni 2022 [2]

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