Current best practices

• Author: Hornich, Patricia
• Pages: 70-70

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10 CURRENT BEST PRACTICES

On 18 June 2019, the Government decided to create an internal administrative working

group on human rights with the a ims of improving the follow-up to the recommendations

of international human rights bodies, optimising data collection and coordinating

reporting in the human rights field. The following bodies are represented on the working

group: the Office for Foreign Affairs (at the head of the working group), the Office for

Justice, the Office for Social Services, the Office for Statistics, the Office for the National

Economy, the Office for Foreigners and Passports, the National Police and the School

Board. The working group’s mandate also includes the organisation of exchanges on

human rights issues with institutions and organisations outside the administration, in

particular those representing civil society and the private sector. The working group

reports annually to the Government on its work.

In September 2019, the Liechtenstein Commission for Protection against Violence

organised a workshop for Liechtenstein media professionals featuring the project director

of the International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH), a non-governmental

organisation, who provided them with knowledge, options for action and tools for dealing

safely with hate and agitation. The sensitisation of the media to the topic of hate speech

corresponded to a recommendation of the European Commission against Racism and

Intolerance (ECRI) in its fifth country report on Liechtenstein from 2018.137

On 24 September 2019, the Government decided to extend its commitment to combating

modern slavery and human trafficking through the Liechtenstein Initiative for Mobilizing

Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking for another two years.138 Over the next two

years, the initiative will focus on disseminating the action plan headed ‘A Blueprint for

Mobilizing Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking’, which was presented to the

international community and the financial sector in New York on 27 September 2019.

137 Most recent data available.

138 Official homepage: https://www.fastinitiative.org/.