CONTENT
1.
OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM (NPM) .................... 5
1.1.
Mandate and understanding of the mandate ...................................................... 5
1.2.
Developments within the NPM in the reporting year ............................................ 7
1.2.1.
Monitoring framework, methodology and recommendations
of the NPM .......................................................................................... 7
1.2.2.
Database for NPM reports installed ....................................................... 8
1.2.3.
The NPM’s public relations concept........................................................ 8
1.3.
Personnel changes in the commissions ................................................................ 9
1.4.
Second shadow monitoring for NPM ..................................................................... 10
1.5.
Monitoring and control visits in numbers .............................................................. 11
1.6.
Budget ..................................................................................................................... 14
1.7.
Human resources ................................................................................................... 15
1.7.1.
Personnel ................................................................................................. 15
1.7.2.
Commissions of the Austrian Ombudsman Board ................................ 15
1.7.3.
Human Rights Advisory Council .............................................................. 17
1.8.
Reports of the commissions ................................................................................... 19
1.9.
International collaboration and cooperation ......................................................... 21
1.9.1.
SEE Network / presidency of the Austrian NPM in 2016 ........................ 21
1.9.2.
NPM Network meeting in Vienna ........................................................... 22
1.9.3.
NPM workshop in Riga for ombudsman institutions ............................. 23
1.9.4.
Macedonia: EU twinning project ............................................................. 23
1.9.5.
Bilateral contacts and support provided ................................................ 24
1.10. Report of the Human Rights Advisory Council ....................................................... 25
2.
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................... 27
2.1.
2.2.
2.3.
Retirement and nursing homes.............................................................................. 27
2.1.1.
Introduction .............................................................................................. 27
2.1.2.
System-related problem areas ............................................................... 31
Hospitals and psychiatric institutions and facilities ............................................... 44
2.2.1.
Introduction .............................................................................................. 44
2.2.2.
System-related problem areas ............................................................... 49
Child and youth welfare facilities ........................................................................... 59