National human rights structures

MS	Organisation name	Type of structure	Legal source	More details
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 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	Investigation and Complaints Office for Allegations of Police Ill-Treatment	Statutory human rights body	Federal Law on the Federal Bureau of Anti-corruption (Gesetz über das Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung, BAK-G),Federal Law Gazette I, No 72/2009, as amended byFederal Law Gazette I, No 107/2023.	View more
Austria	Ombud for Equal Treatment	Statutory human rights body	Federal Act on the Equal Treatment Commission and the Ombud for Equal Treatment (Bundesgesetz über die Gleichbehandlungskommission und die Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft),Federal Law Gazette,No 108/1979	View more
Austria	Ombuds offices for children and youth	Statutory human rights body	The following nine provincial child and youth welfare acts are the basis for the ombuds offices for children and youth: Lower Austria Child and Youth Welfare Act (NÖ Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz (NÖ KJHG),Provincial Law Gazette, No 9270-0; Upper Austria Child and Youth Welfare Act 2014 (Oö. Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz 2014 – Oö. KJHG 2014),Provincial Law Gazette,No 30/2014; Salzburg Child and Youth Welfare Act (Salzburger Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz – S.KJHG),Provincial Law Gazette,No 32/2015; Carinthia Child and Youth Welfare Act (Kärntner Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz – K-KJHG),Provincial Law Gazette,No 83/2013; Burgenland Child and Youth Welfare Act (Burgenländisches Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz – Bgld. KJHG),Provincial Law Gazette,No 62/2013; Styria Child and Youth Welfare Act (Steiermärkisches Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz – StKJHG),Provincial Law Gazette,No 138/2013; Tyrol Child and Youth Welfare Act (Tiroler Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz – TKJHG),Provincial Law Gazette,No 150/2013; Vienna Child and Youth Welfare Act (Wiener Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz 2013 – WKJHG 2013),Provincial Law Gazette, No 51/2013; Vorarlberg Child and Youth Advocacy Act (Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaftsgesetz),Provincial Law Gazette, No 30/2013.	View more
Austria	Parliamentary Data Protection Committee	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

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