Overview of the National Preventive Mechanism
Number of visits in 2019 in the individual Laender
Vienna
128
Lower Austria
99
Styria
61
Upper Austria
54
Tyrol
53
Carinthia
37
Salzburg
31
Burgenland
21
Vorarlberg
21
Total
505
The observations of the commissions are documented in detail in visit
reports and recorded in a database. The commissions criticised the human
rights situation on 380 visits to institutions and on 11 police operations. No
grounds for criticism only occurred on 114 visits (92 institutions and 22 police
operations).
Deficits found on around
77% of the visits
All in all, it can be said that deficits were found in 77% of the visits. The
observation of police operations resulted in criticism less frequently than the
monitoring of institutions and facilities (33% compared to 81%).
The AOB examines these cases based on the observations of the commissions
and contacts the competent ministries, supervisory authorities and also the
institutions and facilities themselves in order to effect improvement.
Proportion of visits in 2019 with or withour criticism
Monitoring of
institutions and
facilities
Observation of
police operations
Visits in total
with criticism
without criticism
81%
19%
33%
67%
77%
23%
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