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A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to Austria from 18 to 28 March 2025.
The purpose of this visit was to examine the treatment of persons accommodated in residential care homes. To this end, the CPT delegation visited four institutions, two in the state of Lower Austria and two in the state of Styria.
In the course of the visit, the delegation held consultations with Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, as well as with other senior officials from the Ministry and Offices of the Provincial Governments of Burgenland and Lower Austria. In addition, talks were held with the NPM team of the Austrian Ombudsman Board. The delegation also met representatives of a non-governmental organisation active in the area related to the focus of the visit.
At the end of the visit, the delegation presented its preliminary observations to the Austrian authorities.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Gunda Wössner, 2nd Vice-President of the CPT (Head of delegation)
- Gergely Fliegauf,
- Elisabetta Zamparutti.
They were supported by Dalia Žukauskienė of the CPT Secretariat and assisted by an expert, Margarete Osterfeld, psychiatrist (Germany).
The delegation visited the following residential care homes:
- Althea Koralmblick Home in Frauental.
- Beer Home in Neulengbach,
- SeneCura Home in Purkersdorf,
- Sanlas Holding Margarethenhof Home in Voitsberg
Source, text and photo – the CPT
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