NATIONAL STATISTICS

* For the year 2000, 200800 children between 15-19 years were economically active. (ILO, Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 2001)

* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically active children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* There is protection by law against forced and bonded labour. The legal working age is 15 years. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

ADULT STATISTICS

* In 1999, over half of the 49 trafficking complaints filed under the law against trafficking for prostitution resulted in convictions. (US Dept. of State, Trafficking in Persons Report, July 12, 2001)

* Of the total 751 trafficking victims found from January 1994 to June 1995 in Austria, 133 were from Czech Republic, 120 from Dominican Republic, 118 from Hungary, 112 from Slovakia, 60 from Poland, 43 from Russia, 23 from Bulgaria, 23 from Romania, 18 from Brazil, 17 from Thailand, 16 from Croatia, 12 Ukraine, 7 from Slovenia, 6 from Austria, 5 from Yugoslavia, and 38 from other countries. (CATW Fact Book, citing IOM Report 1996)

* The number of cases of trafficking registered and investigated in Austria in 1994 are 316 and 313 respectively. (CATW Fact Book, IOM Report 1996, citing the Ministry of Interior)

* Since 1990, there has been a major increase in the number of women trafficked to Austria from Central and Eastern European Countries. In 1990, the Austrian authorities discovered 50 cases. Figures for 1994 and the first half of 1995 indicate that there were 318 cases, representing 752 women, reported, with the majority concerning women from Central and Eastern Europe. (CATW Fact Book, citing European Conference on Trafficking in Women, Trafficking of Women to the European Union, June 1996)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* A leading domestic NGO reports that the country has shifted from being a transit country to a major final destination, primarily for women from Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union who are trafficked into prostitution and other forms of forced dependency. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)

* Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Austria are major destinations for women trafficked from Lithuania, based on the figures of women subsequently deported from these countries to Lithuania. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

* A report issued by the Ministry of Interior of Slovakia on trafficking states that Slovakia is only a transit country for persons being trafficked mainly to Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany for the purpose of forced prostitution.(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

* Nearly all foreign prostitutes are illegal immigrants. (CATW Fact Book, citing "Trafficking in Women to Austria for Sexual Exploitation", IOM and the Austrian Minister for Women's Affairs, June 1996)

* Women from the Dominican Republic are trafficked to Spain, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands. (CATW Fact Book, citing European Conference on Trafficking in Women, Trafficking of Women to the European Union, June 1996)

ADULT STATISTICS

* There are 4,000-5,000 illegal foreign prostitutes, approximately 80% of the total number of prostitutes, in Vienna. (CATW Fact Book, citing European Race Audit Bulletin, 25 November 1997, citing Maximilian Edelbacher, Major Crime Bureau of the Federal Police of Austria)

* In Vienna, in 1990 there were 800 registered prostitutes and about 2,800 illegal prostitutes. By 1995, the number of registered prostitutes had declined to 670, but the number of illegal prostitutes had climbed to 4,300. (CATW Fact Book, citing "Trafficking in Women to Austria for Sexual Exploitation", IOM and the Austrian Minister for Women's Affairs, June 1996)

* In Graz, in the late 1980s there were 120 registered prostitutes, most of them Austrian. Now, there are over 300 registered prostitutes, 55% of them Austrian. (CATW Fact Book, citing "Trafficking in Women to Austria for Sexual Exploitation", IOM and the Austrian Minister for Women's Affairs, June 1996)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* A report issued by the Ministry of Interior of Slovakia on trafficking states that Slovakia is only a transit country for persons being trafficked mainly to Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany for the purpose of forced prostitution.(US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

* Women from the Dominican Republic are trafficked to Spain, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands. (CATW Fact Book, citing European Conference on Trafficking in Women, Trafficking of Women to the European Union, June 1996)

GENERAL JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS

* In 1998 there were 69,099 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 14.40% of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 7 cases of murder (4.80% of all murders) 29 cases of serious assault (13.70% of all cases) 58,132 cases of all types of theft (27.50% of all cases) 27,524 cases of aggravated theft (31.90% of all cases) 1,272 cases of robbery and violent theft (26.60% of all cases) 28,199 cases of breaking and entering (34.60% of all cases) 329 cases of theft of motor cars (11.40% of all cases) 31,408 cases of other theft (25.70% of all cases) 1,137 cases of fraud (3.50% of all cases) 51 cases of counterfeit currency offences (3.70% of all cases) 4,024 cases of drug offences (25.30% of all cases) (INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics for 1998, citing National Statistics)

RECRUITMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS

* New legislation has been passed prohibiting direct participation in hostilities of those who have not reached 18. (CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)

* The legal basis for conscription is the 1990 Defence Law according to which every male citizen is liable for voluntary service from the age of 17 and military service not before he turns 18. (CSUCS, Europe Report, October 1999)

* The Austrian delegation said to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child that "girls could not under any circumstances enter the army before 18 years of age". However, it seems that this information was incorrect and that girls can join the armed forces at the age of 17. (CSUCS, Europe Report, October 1999, citing UN CRC, Consideration of the Report of Austria, 15 April 1999)

* The minimum age for conscription is 18 years. (Guy Goodwin-Gill and Ilene Cohn, Child Soldiers, The Role of Children in Armed Conflicts, A Study on Behalf of the Henry Dunant Institute, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994)

NOTES ON GOVERNMENT FORCES

* During the last nine years, the number of recruits under age 18 has more than doubled and the percentage of underage recruits in the armed forces has almost tripled. (CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)

* There are indications of under-18s in government armed forces as voluntary recruitment at 17 years of age is possible with parental consent. (CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)

* According to the government, under no circumstances could underage recruits be sent into combat in time of war. (CSUCS, Europe Report, October 1999, citing UN CRC, Consideration of the report of Austria, 15 April 1999)