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.
The recommendations can be filtered in the menu below by human rights topics, SDGs, proponent states etc. And also a search function is available.
We welcome your comments and suggestions at upr@liga.or.at.
Progress: No progress
A strong focus on political education, the strengthening of federal youth representation
Proponent:
Österreichische Liga für Menschenrechte
Rahlgasse 1/26, A-1060 Wien
http://www.liga.or.at/projekte/universal-periodic-review-2020-upr/
Progress: No progress
Conduct awareness-raising campaigns aimed at the media, public officials, as well as the general public, to combat stigmatization and prejudice of which children with disabilities may be victims
Proponent:
Kingdom of Belgium
Remarks to progress by Liga (last modified Dec 31, 2024):
Nothing is known about specific awareness-raising campaigns on the rights of children with disabilities, especially those focussing on self-empowerment and human rights.
Progress: No progress
Present children with disabilities as equal citizens also in the media
Proponent:
Österreichische Liga für Menschenrechte
Rahlgasse 1/26, A-1060 Wien
http://www.liga.or.at/projekte/universal-periodic-review-2020-upr/
Remarks to progress by Liga (last modified Dec 31, 2024):
The current approach to promoting the participation of people with disabilities and their representative organisations has significant weaknesses. These weaknesses result from various factors, such as an inadequate understanding of full and effective participation and the insufficient provision of resources for participation processes. In addition, political participation in Austria is highly formalised and has grown historically, which gives advantages to already established and politically networked civil society organisations. However, not enough systematic attention has been paid to carrying out targeted capacity building in accordance with the requirements of the UN CRPD. It would be desirable if a process similar to the participatory drafting of the 2nd Adult Protection Act had been set up by the Ministry of Justice in 2016 (Justice website: https://www.bmj.gv.at/themen/Zivilrecht/Erwachsenenschutz/Das-neue-Erwachsenenschutzrecht-im-%C3%9Cberblick.html). In fact, from the perspective of civil society, the NAP II cannot yet be considered a sufficient success because it does not sufficiently realise the goal of effective social integration of people with disabilities.
Redaktionelle Verantwortung UPR-Tool:
Österreichische Liga für Menschenrechte, upr@liga.or.at
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