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Human Dignity and Public Security BIM Annual Report 2008
Assistance to the Human Rights Advisory Board and its
Visiting Commissions at the Austrian Ministry of the Interior
Summary
The Human Rights Advisory Board (HRAB) is entitled to advise the Federal Minister of the Interior in
questions of the protection of human rights and also to promote the consequent and systematic orientation
of law enforcement authorities towards human rights.
The accompanying monitoring of cases of detention of individuals in the premises of law enforcement
authorities is generally done by six commissions all over Austria. The office of the commissions Regional
Appeal Court Vienna 2 and 3 is located at the BIM.
Homepage: www.menschenrechtsbeirat.at
Country
Persons
involved
Austria
Legal assistants HRAB
Coordination,
Commissions Vienna 2 and 3
Director,
Commission Vienna 2
Director,
Commission Vienna 3
Members,
Commission Vienna 2
Members,
Commission Vienna 3
Caroline Paar, Dominik Hofmann
Iris Golden (until September 2008)
Barbara Linder (September 2008 until January 2009)
Stephanie Krisper (since January 2009)
Manfred Nowak
Karl Dvorak (until end of 2008)
Marijana Grandits, Gregor Wollenek, Vera
Pfersmann, Walter Suntinger, Monika Vyslouzil,
Alfred Zauner (until June 2008)
Karin Busch-Frankl, Irene Etzersdorfer, Elisabeth
Friedrich, Anton Landsiedl, Helfried Haas, Bernhard
Painz
Contact
persons
Commissions Vienna 2 and 3:
Stephanie Krisper, mrk2-3.bim@univie.ac.at
Human Rights Advisory Board:
Caroline Paar, Dominik Hofmann, office@menschenrechtsbeirat.at
Lead
organisation
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
of Human Rights –
Research Association
Partner
organisation
Human Rights Advisory Board
(HRAB)
Starting/
end date
Ongoing since July 2000
Funded by
Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior
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