Austria

INDICATORS

  • Non discrimination

    • Anti-discrimination laws at national level

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      Laws for anti discrimination:

      • Equal Treatment Act (Gleichbehandlungsgesetz)
      • Act on the Equal Treatment Commission and the Ombud for Equal Treatment (Bundesgesetz über die Gleichbehandlungskommission und die Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft, BGBl. I Nr. 66/2004), both Federal Law Gazette I Nr. 66/2004
      • Federal-Equal Treatment Act (Bundes-Gleichbehandlungsgesetz, BGBl. I Nr. 65/2004), Federal Law Gazette I Nr. 65/2004
      • Act on the Employment of People with Disabilities (Behinderteneinstellungsgesetz), BGBl. Nr. 22/1970, last amended by Federal Law Gazette I Nr. 82/2005
      • Disability Equality Act, (Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz), BGBl I Nr. 82/2005, Federal Law Gazette I Nr 82/2005
      • Federal Disability Act, (Bundes-Behindertengesetz), BGBl Nr. 283/1990, last amended by Federal Law Gazette I Nr. 82/2005
      • Provincial Equal Treatment Acts and/or Provincial Anti-Discrimination Acts

  • People’s Sovereignty over natural resources

    • Are there Intellectual Property Rights on seeds?

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      According to GRAIN, the current Austrian seed marketing legislation is not very favourable, but it does leave some spaces open which make it possible for farmers and gardeners associations to exchange and to sell certain amounts of traditonal seeds.

    • Laws protecting industrial seeds

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      Privatized seeds:

      • Harvest and sow with restrictions
      • Can’t give them as a gift
      • Can’t harvest and sell them
      • Contract can add restrictions
      • Wild ones cannot be privatized.

    • Pesticide use by volume and by expenditure

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      • Fungicides and Bactericides: 1497
      • Herbicides: 1227.10
      • Insecticides: 282.50
      • Year: 2013

       

  • Political Participation for the Right to Food

    Participation is one of the fundamental human rights principles, requiring that everyone has the right to participate in making decisions that affect them. In order to ensure that those most affected by violations to the right to food and nutrition participate in political processes, it is essential to have the legal and policy infrastructure within national frameworks, as well as the participatory spaces that give meaningful space for participation.

    • Legal Recognition of the Right to Food and Nutrition


      Is Right to Food recognized in the legal system       Read more

      No implicit or explicit mention of right to food but, has the National Status of International Obligation

      Article 9 (1): “The generally recognized rules of international law are regarded as integral parts of Federal law”