Colloqium #47
Dec 2, 2026 at 7:30 pm CET
Description
Violence against women is a growing problem. This presentation covers statistics, the legal landscape in Germany, and the Istanbul Convention, as well as practical steps that victims can take and the psychological mechanisms that may prevent them from taking advantage of these options. This contribution focuses on clear-cut cases of stalking and violent assaults.
“Universal human rights begin in small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. … Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.” Eleanor Roosevelt
— This quote is taken from the speech by Maria-Andriani Kostopoulou, President of GREVIO, to participants at a conference (May 18, 2025) on the overlapping implications of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and the Istanbul Convention.
GREVIO - Group of experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
HUDOC (Human Rights Documentation) is the online database of the European Court of Human Rights. It is available to users free of charge in English and French.
Speakers
Auris–E. Lipinski: Auris-E. Lipinski is a studied philosophy teacher with experience in the tech industry, providing one-on-one lessons and tech-communication for companies and entrepeneurs, as well as language trainings and simultaneous translations. While studying Philosophy & English at Humboldt University, Berlin, she became a scientific assistant at VIOM GmbH. She founded PhenCoCo in the aftermath of university seminars like “Konstruktion und Phänomenologie der Wahrnehmung”, Phänomenologie und Kognition" (M. Thiering) and “Computation und Geist” (J. Bach). She has been involved in different research and development projects, guiding her academic interests towards way finding and cognitive preconditions for navigation, both computational and phenomenological. This includes working on spacial concepts found in philosophy, psychology and robotics, subsuming Gestalt theory, embodiment theories, language/ concept importance, association and intuition. Her personal interests lie in current issues in philosophy, technology and science, specifically navigation, optimisation, and telematics. The last years have added attention to so called ‘AI’ versions and their impact on society, as well as propaganda methods and discrimination topics.
Rosalie Rothe: Rosalie Rothe is a physicist and project leader with experience in IT security and the governance of critical infrastructures. After studying Physics and Energy Science at the Technical University of Dortmund and the University of Duisburg‑Essen, she worked in material research at Siemens Energy before moving into international IT management and cybersecurity consulting. She has led transition and rollout projects in regulated industries such as insurance, automotive, pharmaceuticals, and public transport, focusing on compliance, system reliability, and organizational resilience.
Her interests connect technical infrastructures with the phenomenological and cognitive aspects of safety and orientation in complex socio‑technical systems. At PhenCoCo, she contributes insights from digital transformation, standardization, and the societal reflections of emerging technologies.