Anti-Discrinination recommendations that the numerous Land-specific provisions regarding accessibility should be eliminated. Instead, uniform, Austria-wide accessibility standards in accordance with the UN CRPD for all areas of life, including buildings, means of transport and means of communication, should be established. The implementation status of the Federal Government’s staged plans should be evaluated and agreements between the Federal Government and the Laender should be formed to enable the staged plans of the Laender to be implemented as soon as possible. Deinstitutionalisation of facilities for persons with disabilities, which is advocated in the UN CRPD, should be driven forward quickly; a step-by-step plan to reduce institutions and large shared accommodations, as well as a binding financing plan for the Federal Government and the Laender should be developed. Protection of women, children, homosexuals and transsexuals Specific measures to protect women and children from violence, to prevent violence against homosexuals and transgender persons and measures toward full legal equality of homosexuals have also been recommended. The content of the recommendations made by civil society will be compiled by the AOB in a structured document based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Likewise, the Federal Government will compile all recommendations made to Austria by international human rights organisations and structure them thematically; it will also structure the NAP project suggestions made by the individual Federal Ministries and the Laender. This preliminary work is the foundation, which will provide the basis for the consultation process within which future content of the National Action Plan for Human Rights will be discussed and developed. Informational events and workshops in 2015 In order to prepare and support this process, a NAP consultation group has been constituted, which consists of representatives of the Federal Government, the AOB and civil society – the latter in an advisory capacity. Participants from civil society are Amnesty International, Caritas, Diakonie and the NGO Initiative Human Rights Now (Initiative Menschenrechte Jetzt); the Legal and Constitutional Service of the Federal Chancellery and the International Law Department (Völkerrechtsbüro) of the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs are participating on the part of the Federal Government. Currently, informational events and workshops are being planned, to which the general public will be invited this year. The completion and resolution of the NAP for Human Rights of the Federal Government is planned for late 2015. Implementation of the measures stipulated in this NAP is planned for the current legislative period up to 2018. It is to be hoped that many of the suggestions mentioned herein will be acted upon and that the NAP for Human Rights can contribute to a further improvement of protection from discrimination in Austria. 40