53 Recommendations for the improvement of human rights

Take the lead in following up and prioritizing recommendations from international human rights bodies. Create a transparent implementation process that involves all stakeholders, including civil society.

Adopt a law on religious communities that comprehensively protects religious freedom and the ban on discrimination.

Urgently resume efforts to create faith-compliant burial sites for Muslims.

Urgently create a comprehensive anti-discrimination law.

Take stronger preventive measures against racism, extremism and radicalization tendencies on the Internet.

Establish additional rules for MEPs to deal with conflicts of interest, confidential information, secondary employment, contacts with third parties and the acceptance of gifts.

Urgently take concrete measures to remedy the fundamental rights violations of persons under US sanctions in Liechtenstein.

Develop an action plan against human trafficking that focuses on protecting victims and raising awareness among vulnerable groups. Train judges, migration authorities and the police on human trafficking.

Make the national reporting office for human trafficking at the state police better known and firmly institutionalize the exchange between the Round Table on Human Trafficking and non-governmental specialist agencies.

Abolish the statute of limitations for torture in the Criminal Code and introduce appropriate penalties.

Make audio or video recordings of all police interrogations. Minors should always and automatically be provided with a trusted person and legal counsel during questioning.

Create an independent body to investigate torture.

Start a strategic process to expand the state prison to address infrastructure, education and employment deficiencies.

Introduce rules on the right of children to have contact with parents in custody or on remand.

Check whether the guidelines for movement-restricting measures are implemented in all social facilities.

Create a legal basis for an independent complaints office for residents of care homes and social institutions and their relatives.

Establish a psychological emergency service or introduce a qualification, advice or support system for doctors in psychological emergencies.

Revise the legal regulations on victim protection so that victims do not have to pay back legal aid.

Introduce a right of appeal for recognized organizations and associations in the area of human rights.

When implementing the new AI laws, place particular emphasis on the protection of human rights and develop a national regulation that extends European laws to the private sector and national security.

Quickly conclude a new service agreement between the government and Refugee Aid, which also clarifies the issue of independent representation of the association's interests.

Replace aid organization representation in asylum proceedings with free legal representation for asylum seekers.

Create a positive protection status instead of provisional admission for persons in need of protection who are not recognized as refugees.

Adapt the age limit in Art. 9 of the Asylum Ordinance to the requirements of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Provide more resources for the implementation of the government's integration strategy.

Extend the range of interpreting services in doctors' surgeries to all healthcare services and other areas of society. Standardize funding and make the service better known.

Introduce a hardship provision for family reunification in the Foreign Nationals Act and withdraw the reservation to Art. 10 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Urgently introduce a standard employment contract for 24-hour care in private households.

Revise the Ordinance to the Health Insurance Act (KVV) so that emergency treatments are defined and benefits not available during the deferral period are not counted as debts through full premiums.

Create a Reproductive Medicine Act and consider ratifying the Council of Europe's Biomedicine Convention.

Examine the causes, risk factors and consequences of poverty in greater depth in order to develop a national action plan against it.

When implementing the ageing strategy, pay particular attention to the challenges faced by vulnerable groups, such as older people with a migration background. In addition, provide sufficient financial and human resources for implementation.

Implement the urgent recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in a coordinated manner, in particular the creation of strategies for the prevention of violence and the inclusion of children with disabilities.

Implement the recommendations of the 2023 custody working group on the revision of child custody law. In particular, the introduction of mandatory and ordered parental counseling and greater consideration of the best interests and will of the child in proceedings relating to divorce, custody and visitation rights.

Take immediate measures to ensure the protection of children and young people in the unaccompanied use of digital school devices.

Take targeted measures to increase the number of BA apprenticeships. In doing so, the state administration, municipalities and state-affiliated companies should lead the way.

Develop prevention programs to strengthen the mental health of children and young people, with a focus on disadvantaged children and young people.

Swiftly complete work on a concept for the implementation of a juvenile penal system in Switzerland and abolish detention under immigration law for persons under the age of 18.

Rapidly draw up an action plan to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Quickly tackle the collection and publication of internationally comparable data and make it accessible to all.

Consistently drive forward the implementation of accessible websites and mobile applications.

Quickly introduce a silent and barrier-free emergency call for people at risk.

Make voting documents and electoral processes accessible and inclusive. Adapt the procedures for exclusion from voting and electoral rights to the requirements of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Provide more resources and a national violence protection strategy to implement the Istanbul Convention. Revise the procedure for removal and prohibition of entry in cases of domestic violence. Carry out broad-based further training on the Istanbul Convention for the judiciary, police and governmental and non-governmental specialist agencies.

Carry out a statistical survey of care work and its distribution.

Integrate the successful measures of the "Diversity in politics" project for the balanced representation of women and men in political bodies into the national gender equality strategy.

Decriminalize abortion and provide access to safe abortion and aftercare services for women and girls. Abolish the information ban on abortion.

Implement the ECRI recommendation on the scientific survey of the situation of LGBTIQA+ in Liechtenstein.

Introduce a modern civil status law that makes it possible to enter a third gender category in the civil register and other official documents.

Prohibit sex reassignment surgery for children born intersex without medical necessity and without an informed decision and investigate the medical counseling and treatment practice of children born intersex as part of the planned study on the situation of LGBTIQA+.

Examine rehabilitation and compensation for persons who were prosecuted in Liechtenstein in the past on account of their sexual orientation.

Align sustainability indicators with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and set concrete targets for 2030 and show greater determination and commitment to implementing the goals. Involve civil society in the development of implementation plans and through funding programs for sustainability projects.