Performance record Accessibility for persons with disabilities Structural accessibility can still not be taken for granted in Austria even though the implementation period for providing full accessibility in public buildings ended in January 2016. Countless complaints about the lack of accessibility in public facilities triggered the thematic focal point of “Structural accessibility in Austria” which Ombudswoman Gertrude Brinek initiated in the reporting year. For the opening, a debate on sensitisation and raising awareness was started in cooperation with representatives from the media. Attention was drawn to this topic within the framework of open forums and conferences. The aim was to highlight problems in the building regulations of the Laender and their (in)compatibility with the National Action Plan on Disability as well as to provide information about the objectives of the AOB. End of transition period in January 2016 AOB website in simple language The AOB website is an important source of information about its work, complaint channels and current topics. In order to make this service available to persons with language problems, poor vision or other impairments, the most important information about the AOB as well as help when lodging complaints has been obtainable on a “light version” of the AOB website since 2016. Two brochures were published, which provide information about the tasks of the AOB in simple and easy-to-read language. A brochure on the preventive monitoring and control of human rights was updated in 2016 and translated into 16 languages. Besides, the AOB published eight brochures which reflect the positions of the Human Rights Advisory Council in easily understandable language and which tackle questions concerning the police and police detention centres, children and youth protection and the prohibition of net beds. New brochures in easyto-read language Violence against women – lecture series “One in five” To counter the taboo status and trivialisation of violence against women, the AOB organised the interdisciplinary lecture series “One of five” for the first time in cooperation with the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and the Austrian Women’s Shelter Network (Autonome Österreichische Frauenhäuser) in November and December 2016. The opening of the lecture series took place at the end of November in the ceremonial hall of the AOB. Three lecture units held by experts from the AOB focussed on work experience from the relevant AOB areas. Due to the great interest in the lecture, the contributions to the lecture series will be published Opening event at the AOB 21