The Initiative menschenrechte. jetzt. – human rights. now. – brings together more than 270 Non-governmental organizations in Austria in support of a Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review.
The Universal Periodic Review “is a new and unique human rights mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council aiming at improving the human rights situation on the ground of each of the 192 UN Member States,” per the group monitoring the process.
Based on the government’s report, a Working Group of the Human Rights Council has assessed the implementation gaps in Austria’s human rights performance. It also made good use of civil society reports, including the Report by the Initiative and a number of Reports by civil society groups and organizations, below.
The draft recommendations, to be concluded in the June 2011 session of the Working Group, can be found here: recommendations.
Reports by various civil society groups ahead of the January 26, 2011 hearing in Geneva:
Klagsverband – Litigation Association
National Coalition for Child Rights
Austrian National Council for Disabilities
Austrian Center for Ethnic Groups
This web site provides information – mainly in German – to those interested in the Review’s process.
Please contact buero@menschenrechte-jetzt.at, should you have any questions.
