Progress: In progress
Ensure a comprehensive mandate of the Austrian Ombudsman Board, particularly with regard to children’s rights
Proponent:
Moldova
Republic of Moldova
Remarks to progress by Liga (last modified Dec 31, 2024):
The mandate of the Austrian Ombudsman Board is comprehensively enshrined in constitutional and ordinary law and, in addition to the activities of an ombudsman’s office to monitor the state administration and the function of the National Human Rights Institution, also includes its position as a national preventive mechanism under the OPCAT (The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment) via the relevant commissions and the Human Rights Advisory Council (Ombudsman’s Office preventive human rights monitoring). From a children’s rights perspective, complementary measures should be examined, such as strengthening and harmonising the mandate of the Ombudspersons for Children and Youths in the federal states as well as more extensive structures focused on the implementation of children’s rights in Austria, similar to the monitoring structures under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
