National human rights structures

MS	Organisation name	Type of structure	Legal source	More details
Austria	Advice on the Wire	Civil society platform	n/a	View more
Austria	Austrian Child Rights Network –National Coalition	Civil society platform	n/a	View more
Austria	Austrian Data Protection Authority	Statutory human rights body	Federal Act Concerning the Protection of Personal Data (Bundesgesetz zum Schutz natürlicher Personen bei der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten, Datenschutzgesetz, DSG),Federal Law Gazette I,No 165/1999	View more
Austria	Austrian League for Human Rights	Civil society platform	UN Human Rights Council,United Nations Human Rights Council: Institution-building – I. Universal Periodic Review mechanism, 2007	View more
Austria	Austrian Ombudsman Board	Statutory human rights body	Federal Law on the Austrian Ombudsman Board, Ombudsman Act 1982 (Bundesgesetz über die Volksanwaltschaft, Volksanwaltschaftsgesetz 1982 – VAG),Federal Law Gazette,No 433/1982 Articles 148a to 148j of the Austrian Federal Constitution (Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz, B-VG),Federal Law Gazette, No 1/1930	View more
Austria	Disability Ombudsperson	Statutory human rights body	Federal Law on People with Disabilities (Bundesbehindertengesetz, BBG),Federal Law Gazette,No 283/1990	View more
Austria	Federal Agency for Reception and Support Services	Statutory human rights body	The legal framework of the agency’s activities is described in the Federal Law on the Establishment of the Federal Agency for Reception and Support Services (Bundesgesetz über die Errichtung der Bundesagentur für Betreuungs- und Unterstützungsleistungen Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (BBU-Errichtungsgesetz – BBU-G),Federal Law Gazette,No 53/2019.	View more
Austria	Federal Chancellery, Constitutional Service	Government administration	Federal Act on the Number, Scope and Organisation of Federal Ministries – Federal Ministries Act 1986 (Bundesgesetz über die Zahl, den Wirkungsbereich und die Einrichtung der Bundesministerien – Bundesministeriengesetz 1986 – BMG),Federal Law Gazette, No 76/1986 (WV), last amended byFederal Law Gazette, No 10/2025	View more
Austria	Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Department I.7 – Human Rights and National Minority Affairs	Government administration	Federal Act on the Number, Scope and Organisation of Federal Ministries – Federal Ministries Act 1986 (Bundesgesetz über die Zahl, den Wirkungsbereich und die Einrichtung der Bundesministerien – Bundesministeriengesetz 1986 – BMG),Federal Law Gazette, No 76/1986 (WV), last amended byFederal Law Gazette, No 10/2025	View more
Austria	Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, Department VIII/B/10a – Human Rights Coordinator	Government administration	Resolution of the Council of Ministers of 15 September 2021 on the national implementation of the European child guarantee, nomination of the national coordinator and development of the ‘NAP child guarantee’ Resolution of the Council of Ministers of 20 December 2023 on the national action plan and the national coordination of its implementation	View more

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