Equity office outlines Human Rights Impact Review, promises citywide mitigations and tracking
Austin Equity & Inclusion presented a co‑created Human Rights Impact Review identifying 12 priority human rights areas and 69 mitigations; staff said a ~200‑page final report and a council briefing are forthcoming, with September–October steps planned for implementation and accountability.
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Dr. Lindsay Wilson, director of Austin Equity & Inclusion, and Shafina Kaki presented the Human Rights Impact Review, a co‑designed assessment the office said was developed with more than 300 stakeholders and Honeycomb, a human‑rights vendor. “The Human Rights Impact Review helps us identify where rights are being fulfilled and where barriers still remain,” Wilson said as she framed the report’s goals.
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