Progress: Currently no comment
Improve media literacy and make further efforts to counter disinformation and foreign information manipulation
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Estonia
Republic of Estonia
This UPR tool reflects the global recommendations made to Austria by all countries world-wide during the Universial Priodic Review process (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council and their current status of implementation. The League coordinates a significant part of Austrian civil society in the UPR process. See this LINK for an overview about this process.
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Progress: Currently no comment
Improve media literacy and make further efforts to counter disinformation and foreign information manipulation
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Republic of Estonia
Progress: Currently no comment
Actively improve the protection of journalists, especially by combating smear campaigns against journalists and independent media
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Kingdom of the Netherlands
Progress: Currently no comment
Eradicate the disproportionate use of force and any arbitrary restrictions that violate the fundamental right to peaceful protest
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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Progress: Currently no comment
Take necessary steps to protect freedom of religion or belief, including reform to foster more equitable treatment of registered religious groups, and ensure national security measures consider and minimise the impact on freedom of religion or belief
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Australia
Progress: Currently no comment
Revoke the introduction of the law that prohibits the wearing of a headscarf by girls under the age of 14 in schools to ensure respect for freedom of religion or belief and cultural diversity
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Republic of Indonesia
Progress: Currently no comment
Take measures to review legislation on defamation, with a view to placing it within civil legislation in accordance with international standards
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Ireland
Progress: Currently no comment
Amend its legislation to ensure that the minimum age for marriage is set at 18 without exception
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Republic of Zambia
Progress: Currently no comment
Finalize and fully implement legislative reforms to set the minimum legal age for marriage at 18 years, without exception
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Republic of Botswana
Progress: Currently no comment
Reconsider the temporary halt of family reunification in line with the right to family life and essential role of reunification in integration
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Republic of Turkey
Progress: Currently no comment
Guarantee the provision of necessary support services so that persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities can effectively exercise their right to family life
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Republic of Eastern Uruguay
Progress: Currently no comment
Enhance inter-agency coordination to reinforce the prevention of trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery
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Federal Republic of Nigeria
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue strengthening institutional mechanisms and policies for the prevention, combating, and punishment of human trafficking, and intensify awareness-raising and sensitization measures, as well as victims‘ access to justice and support services
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Republic of Paraguay
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to take steps in combating human trafficking through implementation of action plans, victim protection, and training relevant officials
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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Progress: Currently no comment
Take measures to implement the Seventh Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons 2024-2027, especially with regard to promoting the economic and social inclusion of victims of trafficking in persons
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Tunisian Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Fully enforce Article 104 (a) of the Criminal Code by investigating, prosecuting and imposing adequate sentences on perpetrators of trafficking in women and girls
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Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue efforts to combat human trafficking, particularly of women and girls, by strengthening prevention and protection mechanisms and ensuring support for victims and accountability, in accordance with international standards
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Kingdom of Bahrain
Progress: Currently no comment
Further enhance measures to identify and follow up on women who were victims of trafficking through expansion of psychosocial support services, including free legal assistance and shelter
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Kingdom of Bhutan
Progress: Currently no comment
Design and implement a uniform national system for the identification and monitoring of persons, in particular women, children and migrants, who are victims of human trafficking
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Republic of Cabo Verde
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue its efforts to combat human trafficking, including by creating a uniform national system for identifying and monitoring women victims of trafficking
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Gabonese Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue the work to take the necessary measures to prosecute perpetrators of trafficking in women and girls
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Republic of Iraq
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen measures on combatting trafficking in persons, with particular focus on victim identification and prosecution of cases
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Republic of the Philippines
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue measures to achieve equal pay for equal work between men and women
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Federal Republic of Nigeria
Progress: Currently no comment
Ensure equal pay for work of equal value
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Republic of Iceland
Progress: Currently no comment
Implement campaigns and measures to eliminate the pay gap between women and men
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Kingdom of Belgium
Progress: Currently no comment
Step up efforts to promote equality in the labour market and reduce gender pay gap
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Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue efforts aimed at addressing the gender pay gap, including through measures that promote equal pay for work of equal value
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Lebanese Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue efforts to achieve equal pay for men and women for identical or comparable work
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Republic of Togo
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue implementing comprehensive measures aimed to addressing the structural factors contributing to the gender pay gap, with a view to achieving equal pay for work of equal value
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Republic of North Macedonia –
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue measures aimed at improving employment prospects for women, their representation in leadership positions, the promotion of equality between men and women in businesses, and equal pay for equal work
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Republic of Burundi
Progress: Currently no comment
Reinforce protections for mobile workers, including transparency of contractual conditions, oversight of intermediary agencies and accessible complaint mechanisms
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Slovak Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue taking measures to strengthen legal protection available to foreign workers and facilitate their fair mobility
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Republic of India
Progress: Currently no comment
Increase investment in social security funds to protect the rights to survival and development of vulnerable groups
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People's Republic of China
Progress: Currently no comment
Enhance efforts to ensure financial protection measures for single parent households
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Republic of Maldives
Progress: Currently no comment
Increase the availability of high-quality childcare support services, especially in the rural areas, to facilitate women’s re-entry into the labour market
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Republic of Bulgaria
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen social protection packages, including housing and social support policies to ensure affordable and adequate housing access
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Malaysia
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to review social protection measures to ensure appropriate safeguards for those affected by and most at risk of poverty (
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Kingdom of Bhutan
Progress: Currently no comment
Implement public policies aimed at eradicating multidimensional poverty, prioritizing the best interests of children and adolescents, with comprehensive social protection systems
Proponent:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue efforts aimed at ensuring that no child is left behind, in particular by strengthening integrated measures to combat child poverty and support low-income families in addressing socio-economic challenges
Proponent:
State of Qatar
Progress: Currently no comment
Take further comprehensive measures to address child poverty reduction among economically and socially disadvantaged communities
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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen measures to address poverty and social exclusion among older persons, particularly older women, including through adequate social protection and pension safeguards
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Republic of The Gambia
Progress: Currently no comment
Further enhance social protection measures for older persons, persons with disabilities and other groups in situations of vulnerability
Proponent:
Republic of the Philippines
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen national food security and nutrition policies to ensure affordable access to safe and adequate food, particularly for low-income and vulnerable households
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Malaysia
Progress: Currently no comment
Further enhance access to quality healthcare and education services, including by ensuring equitable coverage, improving service delivery, and addressing barriers faced by vulnerable groups
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Progress: Currently no comment
Advance access to sexual and reproductive health services and inclusive education, in line with international standards
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Ukraine
Progress: Currently no comment
Ensure integrated abortion services in the public health care system and nationwide accessibility, and guarantee that such services are provided free of charge to all residing in Austria
Proponent:
Kingdom of Norway
Progress: Currently no comment
Fully decriminalize abortion in the penal code
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Kingdom of Sweden
Progress: Currently no comment
Advance the decriminalization of abortion and ensure access to abortion services across all federal states
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Republic of Finland
Progress: Currently no comment
Guarantee access to sexual and reproductive rights, in particular the right to abortion
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French Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Reduce poverty among the elderly population
Proponent:
People's Republic of China
Progress: Currently no comment
Provide universal access to timely and safe termination of pregnancy by removing all access barriers, including by ensuring that associated costs are covered by public health spending
Proponent:
Kingdom of Denmark
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue strengthening measures to ensure equitable access to high-quality education for all children and youth
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Republic of Lithuania
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue policies and programmes aimed at improving educational services
Proponent:
Republic of Sudan
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen access to high quality education for all children without discrimination, including those with migrant backgrounds
Proponent:
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to remove barriers to access to quality education for all children, without discrimination
Proponent:
Republic of Senegal
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to ensure equal access to quality education for all children and young people
Proponent:
Republic of Cuba
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue efforts to ensure equal and inclusive access to quality education for all children and young people, including refugees
Proponent:
Republic of Armenia
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue efforts to ensure inclusive education for all refugees, national minorities, and persons with disabilities
Proponent:
Republic of Iraq
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to promote inclusive education, strengthening reasonable accommodations for children with disabilities
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Dominican Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Further guarantee the right to education for girls and children with disabilities
Proponent:
People's Republic of China
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to strengthen early childhood education by making pre-school education compulsory
Proponent:
Republic of Sierra Leone
Progress: Currently no comment
Establish a national inclusive education strategy that covers all education systems at all teaching levels
Proponent:
Burkina Faso
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue initiatives in the field of human rights education for State authorities, including training programmes for law enforcement and judicial personnel, with a particular emphasis on combatting racism, antisemitism and hate crime
Proponent:
Hellenic Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue support the Komenský Schools in Vienna
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Slovak Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Further promote intercultural dialogue and awareness of diversity
Proponent:
Republic of Burundi
Progress: Currently no comment
Advance climate action and support affected communities in designing and implementing appropriate mitigation and adaptation measures
Proponent:
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue implementing measures to address impacts of climate change to ensure biodiversity and environmental protection
Proponent:
Republic of Armenia
Progress: Currently no comment
Fully implement the Climate and Energy Strategy and consider adopting a binding climate protection framework with updated sectoral emissions targets
Proponent:
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Progress: Currently no comment
Ensure that individuals and organisations have effective legal avenues to challenge climate-related laws, policies, or omissions, in line with Article 2(3) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Proponent:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to allocate sufficient resources to fulfill its human rights obligations
Proponent:
Republic of Cuba
Progress: Currently no comment
Enhance policies and programs to reduce the digital divide
Proponent:
Republic of Estonia
Progress: Currently no comment
Participate actively in the negotiation of an international legally binding instrument on business and human rights within the framework of the Working Group established by Human Rights Council resolution 26/9
Proponent:
Republic of Ecuador
Progress: Currently no comment
Refrain from using unilateral coercive measures that pervasively violate human rights
Proponent:
Republic of Belarus
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to educate vulnerable populations on disaster risk reduction through campaigns and exercises
Proponent:
Republic of Marshall Islands
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen measures to prevent and address discrimination and gender-based violence including improved data collection, reporting, prosecution and sustainable funding for victim support services
Proponent:
Republic of Serbia
Progress: Currently no comment
Take concrete measures to promote women’s meaningful participation in policy design and decision-making processes
Proponent:
Republic of Marshall Islands
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue efforts to increase the representation of women in decision-making bodie
Proponent:
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Progress: Currently no comment
Adopt legal provisions to promote the equal election and participation of women in the political sphere
Proponent:
United Mexican States
Progress: Currently no comment
Adopt legislative measures, including laws on quotas, to promote women’s full, equal, and effective participation in political life and decision-making processes
Proponent:
Republic of Costa Rica
Progress: Currently no comment
Take the necessary measures to adopt a minimum legal quota for the representation of women on electoral lists or in candidacies
Proponent:
Republic of Colombia
Progress: Currently no comment
Take further measures to promote equality between women and men, including by considering the introduction of quotas for the election of women to political arena
Proponent:
Republic of Moldova
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue to strengthen mechanisms promoting equality between women and men, particularly with regard to equal pay and women’s participation on boards of directors and in corporate leadership positions
Proponent:
French Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen the fight against gender-based violence, by increasing resources for prevention and assistance to victims, reinforcing its network of shelters, helplines and psychosocial programs for women
Proponent:
Kingdom of Spain
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen measures to eliminate discrimination and violence against women and girls and improve protection and support services for children, including within migration and asylum contexts
Proponent:
Republic of The Gambia
Progress: Currently no comment
Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and remove legal, administrative and practical barriers to accessing safe abortion services
Proponent:
Republic of Iceland
Progress: Currently no comment
Halt all coercive interventions on children and women
Proponent:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Progress: Currently no comment
Take further measures to establish accessible, victim-centred complaint mechanisms to encourage reporting of gender-based violence
Proponent:
Republic of Maldives
Progress: Currently no comment
Ensure the adoption of a “Only Yes Means Yes” consent law to strengthen the legal protection of survivors of sexual violence and promote a shift in societal attitudes
Proponent:
Kingdom of Norway
Progress: Currently no comment
Prioritize the investigation and prosecution of all cases of gender‑based violence against women, ensuring consistent, victim‑centered investigative procedures
Proponent:
Republic of Botswana
Progress: Currently no comment
Take measures to address the underreporting of gender-based violence and strengthen the financing of shelters for victims of gender-based violence
Proponent:
Ireland
Progress: Currently no comment
Accelerate efforts at preventing gender-based violence
Proponent:
Republic of Mauritius
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen actions aimed at preventing violence against women and strengthening mechanisms for the protection and care of victims
Proponent:
Republic of Paraguay
Progress: Currently no comment
Further develop legal and institutional frameworks focused on combating violence against women and girls, including through the planned national action plan
Proponent:
Republic of Poland
Progress: Currently no comment
Strengthen mechanisms to combat violence against women and girls
Proponent:
Republic of Senegal
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue its efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls, ensuring accountability and access to redress for victims
Proponent:
Hellenic Republic
Progress: Currently no comment
Continue efforts to prevent and address violence against women and girls, including through continued support and assistance services, as well as awareness-raising
Proponent:
Georgia
Progress: Currently no comment
Ensure swift implementation of the newly adopted action plan to combat gender-based violence
Proponent:
Kingdom of Sweden
Progress: Currently no comment
Ensure the effective implementation of the National Action Plan on combating violence against women and girls, including through the meaningful participation of relevant civil society organisations
Proponent:
Federal Republic of Germany
Progress: Currently no comment
Accelerate the development and implementation of the National Action Plan to combat violence against women and girls
Proponent:
Kingdom of Bhutan
Progress: Currently no comment
Take measures to improve the police risk assessment and response to signals of acts of violence against women, particularly of signals of acts of violence against women that could escalate into femicide, and to build trust between the police and victims of violence against women
Proponent:
Republic of Bulgaria
Progress: Currently no comment
Assess whether the current practices for investigating domestic violence and sexual violence against women, as well as the related judicial procedures, are at adequate level
Proponent:
Republic of Finland
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