Austria: 2024 federal election
Austria held legislative elections on 29 September 2024. 183 members of the National Council were elected. As no party gained a majority of seats in the legislature, coalition talks to form a government continue.
This Debate Pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on 'Protecting civil society space across the world', to be held on Thursday 26 January. The subject for the debate has been chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, following a representation by Jim Shannon, Fiona Bruce and Patrick Grady.
Protecting civil society space across the world (208 KB , PDF)
The UN, in its ‘Practical guide for civil society: Civil society space and the United Nations human rights system’, explains:
“Freedoms of expressions, association and peaceful assembly, and the right to participate in public affairs, are human rights that enable people to share ideas, form new ones, and join together with others to claim their rights. It is through the exercise of these public freedoms that we make informed decisions about our economic and social development. It is through these rights that we can take part in civic activiry and build democratic societies. To restrict them undermines our collective progress.”
Protecting civil society space across the world (208 KB , PDF)
Austria held legislative elections on 29 September 2024. 183 members of the National Council were elected. As no party gained a majority of seats in the legislature, coalition talks to form a government continue.
A Westminster Hall debate on police use of live facial recognition technology is scheduled for Wednesday 13 November 2024, opened by Sir John Whittingdale MP.
A Westminster Hall debate on UK supply chains and Uyghur and Turkic Muslim forced labour in China is scheduled for Wednesday 6 November 2024, from 9:30-11:00am. The debate will be led by Blair McDougall MP.