ViennaThe Making Process of a Human Rights City

Shams Asadi

Population 1.765.649 (1.1.2014)

21% without A- Citizenship, 2/3 non-EU31% born out of A.49% Migration Background

19.3% (0-19)63.9% (20-64)16.8% (65+)

Surface 419.9 K249% Green& Blue

City and Federal province in one

Facts& Data

• Until 1910 Melting Pot& Migrant City (+ 2. Mio) • I.WW 1914-1918: the first Austrian Republic

• 1930 Austrofascism• II.WW (1941-45)• Shrinking City • 1989 Fall of the Iron Curtain (Reunification of EU)

• 1995 EU-Accession

…and the Present Rapid Growing City The most prosperous City in the World 2013 UN-Study

1. Position in the WW “Quality of Living” since 2009

Historical Background

HR Principal•Empowerment/Emancipation •Equality/Non-Discrimination •Participation/Inclusion •Accountability

HR Scopes Arts, Culture, Public Spaces, Housing, Health, Security & Education

HR Initiatives•Government Program (2010-2015)•„Vienna Charter of cohabitation“ (2012)•Urban Development Plans •Lokale Agenda 21 Plus

Human Rights Approach since UN World Conference (1993)

An Equitable City

•Women´s Office (1992)

•Vienna Integration Fund (1992)

•Vienna Equal Treatment Act (1996)

•Vienna Anti-Discrimination Agency for LGTB (1998)

•Department of Integration and Diversity (2004)

•Anti-Discrimination Act& Independent body to combat discrimination (2004)

•Law to promote equal opportunities f. people with disabilities (2010)

Vienna: Human Rights City

Starting since 2013…

•Analysis •Allocation of Resources

Building of an HR City

•Political& legal Statement •Institutional Anchoring•Stakeholder & Community Based Dialog•Establishment of a HR Culture

Develop a new political culture based on human rights. Nelson Mandela

Shams ASADI

0043 1 4000 38952

shams.asadi@wien.gv.at