There was an increase in calls to helplines from victims of domestic violence during the COVID-19 lockdown. Afghan nationals continued to be deported to Afghanistan. The Federal Government continued to refuse child asylum-seekers. There was a rise in online abuse against Black people, Muslims and...

This research project forms part of a comprehensive project of Amnesty International Austria focussing on poverty and human rights. This initial research briefing examines how the right to housing is being respected, protected and implemented, specifically in the case of people experiencing...

Amnesty International welcomes Austria’s engagement with the UPR and its support of 236 out of 317 recommendations. While the organization welcomes Austria’s clarification of its position on certain recommendations, they note with regret that some of these positions will effectively hinder the...

In Austria more than 60,000 workers care for older people in their homes, most of whom are women migrant workers from Central and Eastern Europe, who are often subjected to various intersecting forms of discrimination and abuse. Live-in care workers are under-protected and undercompensated. They...

This document summarises the findings of report EUR 13/4326/2021 in which organization highlights the exploitation of live-in care workers in Austria, most of whom are women migrant workers from Central and Eastern Europe. They receive low wages, work excessively long hours without adequate breaks...

Discrimination against Muslims in the counterterrorism context in Europe is a longstanding human rights concern. In the last two decades in particular, Muslims’ lawful religious, cultural, and political activities and affiliations have been construed as “dangerous” enough to justify significant...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to ten of the states under review at the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2021. The countries covered are Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, St Lucia, and St...

Following the publication of draft legislation (avant-projet de loi) that the French government is expected to discuss on 9 December , Amnesty International is concerned that some of its provisions threaten freedom of association and may have a chilling effect on human rights defenders and civil...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Austria in January-February 2021. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Austria in its previous UPR, including in relation to police accountability, the justice system, including...

Health and essential workers have played an extraordinary role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across countries, they have put their health and wellbeing at risk, often in very difficult circumstances and with very little support, to ensure that people are able to access the...

Hundreds of people were killed and wounded in a spate of violent attacks in European Union (EU) states between January 2015 and December 2016. They were shot by armed men, blown up in suicide bomb attacks and deliberately run over as they walked in the street. These callous crimes did not just...

Hundreds of people were killed and wounded in violent attacks in the European Union in 2015 and 2016. The need to protect people from such wanton violence is obvious and urgent. This report gives a bird’s eye view of the national security landscape and shows just how widespread and deep the...

Amnesty International submits this briefing to the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (the Committee) ahead of its examination, in November 2015, of Austria’s sixth periodic report (CAT/C/AUT/6) on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or...