Europe rights court rules Austrian woman can adopt child of same-sex partner
February 20, 2013
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that a woman in a same-sex relationship could adopt her partner's biological child. The court held that Austria's existing ban on the practice, also called successive adoption, violated Articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rig....... [more] 
Austria court convicts three neo-Nazis for glorifying Nazism
January 11, 2013
An Austrian court convicted three neo-Nazis on Thursday of glorifying Nazism over the Internet, sentencing them to as many as nine years in prison. Neo-Nazi leader Gottfried Kuessel was sentenced to nine years in prison for creating the Alpen-Donau website, which promotes Nazism. Kuessel spent time....... [more]
Austria court finds EU data retention plan violates EU privacy law
December 21, 2012
The Austrian Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the EU Data Retention Directive may violate EU law. The court has referred the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for additional review. The Directive calls on telecommunications and Internet companies to retain data such as e-mails, tex....... [more]
Former Croatia PM indicted for corruption
August 31, 2012
On August 31, 2011, former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was indicted on corruption charges by the Croatian Bureau for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK). Sanader is accused of accepting a 3.6 million kuna (nearly USD $695,000) pay-off from Austria's Hypo-Alpe-Adria-Bank. Led by....... [more]
Austria extradited Croatia ex-PM to face corruption charges
July 11, 2012
On July 11, 2011, an Austrian court approved the extradition of former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader, sending him back to Croatia to face corruption charges. Charges against Sanader included abuse of power, corruption and fraud, for which he was arrested in December 2010. Sanader continued to....... [more]
Austria court rules laws not comforming with EU rights charter are unconstitutional
May 4, 2012
The Austrian Constitutional Court ruled Friday that the country's laws must not only conform to its own constitution but also to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in order to be upheld as constitutional. The only areas where legislation will not be held to the charter's standards are ones in whic....... [more]
EU court ruled employee firing over fertilization violated equal treatment laws
February 26, 2012
On February 26, 2008, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that an employee's dismissal based on her advanced stage of in vitro fertilization treatment was contrary to the principle of equal treatment for men and women. The ruling came in the case of an Austrian woman, Sabine Mayr, who claimed....... [more]
UN Secretary General urges Syria to stop alleged crimes against humanity
February 16, 2012
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Thursday called on Syria to end to violence against civilians and possible crimes against humanity. During a speech in Vienna, Austria, the Secretary General said he had urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to make necessary changes before the un....... [more]
Austria became second country to ban cluster munitions
December 6, 2011
On December 6, 2007, the Austrian Parliament passed legislation that established a complete ban on cluster munitions. Austria was the second country to institute such a ban after Belgium, which banned cluster munitions in February 2006. In May 2008, more than 100 countries adopted a draft treaty to....... [more]
Former Croatia PM indicted for corruption
September 1, 2011
Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was indicted on Wednesday for corruption. The country's Bureau for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) alleges Sanader received a pay-off of more than 3.6 million kuna (nearly USD $695,000) from Austria's Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank in exchange for th....... [more]
Austria court rejects Serbia extradition request for war crimes suspect
August 1, 2011
An Austrian court on Friday rejected Serbia's extradition request for former Bosnian general and suspected war criminal Jovan Divjak. The court ruled that Divjak likely would not receive a fair trial if he were extradited, expressing concerns that Serb authorities would not have access to evidence o....... [more]
|
|
