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Hans Köchler (born 18 October 1948) is a retired professor of philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and president of the International Progress Organization, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations. In his general philosophical outlook he is influenced by Husserl and Heidegger, his legal thinking has been shaped by the approach of Kelsen. Köchler has made contributions to phenomenology and philosophical anthropology and has developed a hermeneutics of trans-cultural understanding that has influenced the discourse on the dialogue of civilizations, particularly as regards the relations between Islam and the West. His research in political and legal philosophy—combined with his involvement with the UN—has resulted in a fundamental critique of the state-centered international system and in specific proposals for the democratization of the United Nations Organization and for a viable system of international criminal justice. Köchler has long worked on the philosophical basis of international relations. He came to prominence in the world of international politics when he was nominated by then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as an observer at the Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie) bombing trial.
Hans Köchler, Austrian TV, 24 October 1970
Dr. Hans Kochler presents at the 9/11 Revisited conference in Kuala Lumpur
Hans Köchler Gusi Peace Prize 2014
Hans Köchler on Dialogue of Civilizations
Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler at the Rhodes Forum 2015
Hans Köchler (President, the International Progress Organization)
911FILES Dr. Hans Kochler presents at the 911 Revisited conference in Kuala Lumpur,2012.
Dr. Hans Köchler, cinema news show (Austria), 1973
Hans Köchler - World Order and the Politics of Regime Change
Interview with Hans Köchler, Rhodes Forum 2014