Human rights protection
Human rights can be sued for. As with other rights violations, the first step is to file a complaint with the police. However, not all human rights are directly enforceable and sometimes the legal route is not the only possible one. Counseling centers can help to classify the situation.
The Association for Human Rights accepts all human rights concerns. It advises and supports people who have experienced or witnessed human rights violations.
Other advice centers include the Victim Support Center, the Women's Shelter, infra, the Association for Men's Issues, the Disabled Persons' Association and integration.li.
If the rights of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) have been violated, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has jurisdiction. Individuals can lodge a complaint there. However, all national legal remedies must have been exhausted beforehand. An application can then be submitted to the ECtHR within six months.
In the case of human rights guaranteed in international conventions, affected persons can turn to the competent monitoring committees of the United Nations. Here, too, the following applies with a few exceptions: the legal process in one's own country must already have been completed. In addition, the country must recognize the competence of the committees. The committees examine violations and make recommendations to the state to remedy the violation. However, the recommendations of the committees are not enforceable.
Liechtenstein has accepted the individual right of appeal to the following conventions: Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Rights of Women, Convention against Racism, Convention against Torture. Liechtenstein does not recognize the individual right of appeal under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Human rights education
Human rights education promotes an understanding of fundamental rights and freedoms. It raises awareness of equality, tolerance and respect and contributes to responsible and considerate coexistence.
Together with aha and Amnesty International Switzerland, the VMR has been running human rights and tolerance workshops at secondary schools for years. In the workshops, pupils learn the basics of human rights and how to deal with prejudice and discrimination. They learn how human rights can be demanded and defended and which contact points are available in Liechtenstein.
Do you have questions about human rights? Have your human rights been violated? Have you observed human rights violations? Then get in touch with us.
