Berger Ernst, Paar Caroline
, Loudonstraße 40A, 1140, Wien, Österreich.
, Antonsgasse 19/9/4, 2500, Baden, Österreich.
Neuropsychiatr. 2017 Sep;31(3):133-143. doi: 10.1007/s40211-017-0244-z. Epub 2017 Aug 30.
Since 1 July 2012 the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) together with its six regional expert commissions form the so called "National Prevention Mechanism" implementing the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). The commissions are mandated to conduct regular, unrestricted and unannounced visits to all types of places in which there is or can be a deprivation or restriction of personal liberty, such as prisons, police stations, but also psychiatric hospitals or residential homes/groups for children and juveniles supervised by youth welfare services. 20 monitoring visits have been held in departments for Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry between 2012 and 2016. In the field of residential groups for young people 40 visiting protocols (out of a total of 176 between 2015 and 2016) have been chosen for this analysis. The following article overviews the legal sources and key issues of the monitoring process in this field as well as the commissions' findings and recommendations.
自2012年7月1日起，奥地利监察专员委员会（AOB）及其六个地区专家委员会组成了所谓的“国家预防机制”，以执行《联合国禁止酷刑和其他残忍、不人道或有辱人格的待遇或处罚公约任择议定书》（OPCAT）。这些委员会的任务是对所有存在或可能存在个人自由被剥夺或限制的场所进行定期、无限制和不事先通知的访问，如监狱、警察局，还有精神病院或由青年福利服务机构监管的儿童和青少年之家/团体。2012年至2016年期间，对儿童和青少年精神病科部门进行了20次监督访问。在青年居住团体领域，本次分析选取了40份访问记录（2015年至2016年期间共有176份）。以下文章概述了该领域监督过程的法律依据和关键问题，以及委员会的调查结果和建议。
