On May 5th a member of the working group for efficiency and independence took part at the 2nd meeting of the Fundamental Rights Platform in Vienna.
Topics of this meeting were
the problem of underreporting of human rights violations extending far beyond that of discrimination, as found by the (...)
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Representatives of member organizations and board members:
Austria:
Mr THOMA
Mr KÖENIGSHOFER
Mrs MOSER
Mr ZENS (President)
Mr SCHMIED
Mr BECK
Mrs ZELLER (Secretary-General)
Bulgaria:
Mrs STOEVA
Mr PETROV
Mrs ZLATINOVA
Mrs TENEVA
Mrs PAPAZOVA
Mrs RAEVA
Mrs EVTINOVA
Mrs TSONEVA (...)
Now I would like to present you an example of a list of criteria to determine whether an expulsion is necessary and proportionate in a democratic society. We find such a list in the case Amrollahi v. Denmark concerning the expulsion of a refugee. The facts of this case are as follows: The (...)
INTRODUCTION
Legislative harmonisation as one of the prerequisites for EU membership not only means the adoption of particular provisions, but also implementation of these provisions in case-law. The enforcement of new legal provisions which implement specific directive cannot satisfy the (...)
In line with the title of my presentation, I will divide my contribution into two parts. In the first part, I will briefly explain the general situation of Slovenian case law in the field of immigration disputes. In the second part, I will present three problematic issues of asylum case law in (...)
On May 5th a member of the working group for efficiency and independence took part at the 2nd meeting of the Fundamental Rights Platform in Vienna.
Topics of this meeting were
the problem of underreporting of human rights violations extending far beyond that of discrimination, as found by the (...)
Wednesday 3 June 2009
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Thursday, June 4
Conference Room of the Administrative Court of Austria (Verwaltungsgerichtshof), 1014 Vienna, Judenplatz 11, 1st floor
13.45 Take seats in conference room, followed by words of welcome from Heinrich Zens, President of the AEAJ
14.00 –14.15 Rudolf Thienel, (...)
Facts: The complainant is owner of a starch producing factory in a village in Vorarlberg/Austria next to Lake Constance. In May 1998 he filed an application to the regional authority to get the authorisation according to the water law for the construction and handling of a wastewater disposal (...)
1.Background
Rilska Sveta Obitel, Rila Monastery , a non-profit legal person - in the capacity of a project contractor has put in a public notice for investment proposals on the construction of a small waterpower plant (SWP) on the river Iliyna. (...)
Applicants: NGO’s and independent experts
Intervenor: Ombudsman
Defendant: Ministry of Defence
A permit for construction was issued by the competent authority that allowed the Ministry of Defence to build the NATO radar in the vicinity of a Natura 2000 site. NGOs brought an action for the (...)
DEROGATION FROM THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS
Application of the Birds Directive 79/409/EEC
Introduction
The following is a presentation of two separate cases decided by the Administrative Court of Turku. Both cases concern derogation from the provisions of the Birds Directive for killing birds (...)