Country Austria
Year 2018
Type of Measure Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls

Brief Description


In 2018, a task force was formed, involving several Federal Ministries and experts from practice and science, to develop recommendations in the fields of victim protection, active work with offenders and the extent of sentences in cases of violence and sexual crimes.

Source of Information

Austria's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.8