MS | Institution | Year | TITLE | FOCUS | GROUPS | Key findings - Short summary | |
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Austria | Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism | Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung | 2018 | Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2019), Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutzbericht 2018) | Hate crime | Right-wing extremists |
In 2018, the Austrian security authorities registered 1,075 right-wing extremist, xenophobic/racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic and unspecific or other criminal acts. 63 percent of cases were successfully solved. The current trend indicates that the number of right-wing extremist motivated offences has increased and has lately been consistent. Movements of the New Right and neo-Nazis fuel topics such as “Islamophobia and xenophobia”, as well as “anti-asylum”, “anti-migration” and “anti-Islam” approaches. “Anti-Islam”, “anti-multiculturalism” as well as the topics of asylum and refugees can still be used as a main agitation and action focus by the right-wing extremist scene and networks. |
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Austria | Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism | Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung | 2017 | Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2018), Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutzbericht 2017) | Hate crime | Right-wing extremists |
In 2017, the Austrian security authorities registered 1,063 right-wing extremist, xenophobic/racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic and unspecific or other criminal acts. 58.1 percent, were successfully solved. The report found that despite a decrease in the number of asylum seekers, there is no foreseeable end to the right-wing extremist agitations towards asylum seekers based on hostility and xenophobic/ racist agitations in general. Islamophobia, hostility towards asylum seekers and xenophobia are currently the main topics characterising the phenomenon of right-wing extremism. |
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Austria | Austrian Integration Fund | Österreichischer Integrationsfonds | 2017 | Filzmaier, P., Perlot, F. Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (2017), Muslim groups in Austria. A comparision of the attitudes of refugees, migrants and Austrian born Muslims (Muslimische Gruppen in Österreich. Einstellungen von Flüchtlingen, ZuwanderInnen und in Österreich geborenen MuslimInnen im Vergleich), ÖIF - Forschungsbericht, Vienna, Österreichischer Integrationsfonds | Integration & inclusion | Muslims |
The aim of the study was investigating the attitudes of Muslim persons in Austria to socio-political topics, like the role of the Islam in society, democracy, equality or gender roles. The study analysed similarities and differences between ethnic backgrounds (e.g. have Syrian refugee’s different attitudes than Austrians with a Bosnian migratory background?) |
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Austria | Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism | Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung | 2016 | Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2017), Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutzbericht 2016) | Hate crime, Incitement to hatred or violence | Right-wing extremists |
In 2016, the Austrian security authorities registered a total of 1,313 right-wing extremist, xenophobic/ racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic as well as unspecific or other criminal acts. 61.3 percent, were successfully solved. Movements, networks and alliances of the New Right continued their campaign activities in 2016. The nourishing ground they can currently build on is an open xenophobia and hostility to asylum seekers and the continuation of Islamophobic aggression. |
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Austria | Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism | Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung | 2016 | Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2015), Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutzbericht), Vienna | Racism & xenophobia | Right-wing extremists |
According to the Ministry report, the right-wing extremist scene increasingly devote considerable amounts of resources to their movements. In 2016, the Austrian security authorities registered a total of 1,313 right-wing extremist, xenophobic/ racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic as well as unspecific or other criminal acts. Compared to 2015 (1,156 offences) there was an increase by 13.6 percent. |
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Austria | Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism | Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung | 2015 | Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2015), Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutzbericht), Vienna | Hate crime | Right-wing extremists |
In 2015, the Austrian security authorities registered a total of 1,156 right-wing extremist, xenophobic/ racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic as well as unspecific or other criminal acts. Compared to 2014 (750 offences) 1,156 offences means that the number increased by about 54.1 percent. |
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Austria | ECRI | European Commission against Racism and Intolerance | Council of Europe | 2015 | ECRI Report,(fifth monitoring cycle). Published on 13 October 2015 | Racism & xenophobia, Discrimination, Hate crime | Muslims, Migrants, People with migrant background |
The Austrian Police reports on hate crime referring to the statistics in the report on the Protection of the Constitution. In 2013, 574 acts committed with bias motivations were recorded (2012:519). 10.6% of these were classified as racist motivations were recorded (2012: 519). 10.6% of these were classified as racist and xenophobic (2012: 11.4%), 6.5% as anti-Semitic (2012: 5.2%), 2.1% as Islampohobic (2012: 0.8%), and 64.6% as right-wing extremist (2012: 56.4%). |
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Austria | Austria, Magistratsabteilung | 2015 | Scheitz, T., Schnell, P., Nik Nafs, C., Güngör, K., Riffer, F. Think difference - Büro für Gesellschaft, Organisation und Entwicklung (2015), Adolescents in open youth work. Identities, life situations and devaluating attitudes (Jugendliche in der offenen Jugendarbeit. Identitäten, Lebenslagen und abwertende Einstellungen),Vienna, Magistratsabteilung 13 der Stadt Wien | Public perceptions & attitudes | General population |
The majority of the respondents do report either no or less experiences of discrimination. However, devaluing of religious belief has been reported frequently by the respondents. Furthermore, the reported fear that the religion is devalued are great among the respondents. |
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Austria | Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism | Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung | 2014 | Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2014), Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutzbericht), Vienna | Hate crime | Right-wing extremists |
In 2014, the Austrian security authorities registered a total of 750 right-wing extremist, xenophobic/racist, Islamophobic, or other criminal acts. In connection with the criminal offences mentioned, 1,201 offences were reported in Austria in 2014. Compared to 2013, in 2014 the activities of an Islamophobic movement consisting of younger neo-Nazis and persons coming from student and fraternity environments significantly increased. In its propaganda this movement focussed on the “identity of its own people”. Their declar4ed intention is to protect the respective country, if not “Europe as a whole“, against “Islamisation“ and mass immigration. |
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Austria | CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | 2013 |
CEDAW/C/AUT/CO/7-8 (CEDAW, 2013) Convention on the Elimination of A ll Forms of Discrimination against Women, Concluding observations on the seventh and eighth periodic report s of Austria , adopted by the Committee at its fifty - fourth session (11 February–1 March 2013) |
Hate crime, Discrimination | Migrants |
Relevant key findings as reported by the monitoring body: |
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