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Human Rights in Austria: NGOs Make 159 Demands on the Government
According to numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the human rights situation in Austria continues to leave much to be desired. In the run-up to the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review (UPR), more than 300 civil society organizations issued a joint statement addressing an impressive 159 demands to the Austrian government.
NGOs have expressed concerns about Austria's human rights situation, resulting in a joint statement from the UN's Universal Periodic Review outlining 159 demands. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Thomas Ledl / CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
These demands, which were presented at a press conference as reported by ORF, range from the withdrawal of messenger surveillance to a constitutionally enshrined right to housing and measures against violence against women. Florian Horn of the Austrian League for Human Rights emphasized that progress in implementing previous…
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