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Austria

This team contributes leading decisions from Austria

Austria's Most Recent Decision

The most recent decision from Austria is U466/11 v High Court for Asylum, a decision rendered in Austria by the Constitutional Court on Mar 14, 2012, involving an applicant from China. A brief summary of the facts of the case is: The decision concerned two cases of Chinese applicants, one of them alleged that he had been beaten by police officers, the other one alleged that he owed money to someone and feared imprisonment; claimants' credibility at issue.

Courts in Austria

Administrative Court
Constitutional Court
Independent Federal Asylum Board (UBAS)
High Court for Asylum
Asylum Court

The National Coordinators for Austria are:

Florian Newald

Mag. Newald is currently a Judge of the High Court for Asylum. Prior to this he was a member of the Independent Federal Asylum Board (UBAS) and has also previously worked as a research officer Read More Read more
   

Roland Hermann

Mr. Hermann's involvement with refugee cases began through course work with Amnesty International. He joined the refugee-branch of Amnesty International's Vienna office, specializing in legal representation of asylum seekers in detention, and later worked at Read More Read more