Online database of case law
Judgments made by Austrian courts are published in the Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria and can be found at http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/.
The Legal Information System (Rechtsinformationssystem – RIS) is an electronic database coordinated and operated by the Austrian Federal Chancellery. It announces in particular legislation published in the Bundesgesetzblatt (Austrian federal law gazette) and provides information about the law in the Federal Republic of Austria.
The RIS offers good web accessibility (WAI-A in accordance with WCAG 1.0).
Presentation of decisions/headlines
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Supreme courts |
Other courts |
| Case law presented with headlines |
Yes |
Yes |
Example of headline/s:
Serial number RS0127077
Reference number 11 Os 87/11w
Date of judgment 25.8.2011
Text of the headline
Generally a headline is composed of the following elements: number of the division: 11, procedure type reference: Os, running number: 87, and year: 11. Then the date of judgment is added: 25.8.2011.
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
The European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) can be found under this heading. It is a unique identifier for court judgments within the EU Member States.
Formats
Judgments are available in the following formats: XML, RTF, PDF and HTML.
Courts and other institutions concerned
Supreme courts
- Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof)
- Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof)
- Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof)
- Asylum Tribunal (Asylgerichtshof)
Courts and other institutions
- Higher regional courts (Oberlandesgerichte) and other courts (civil and criminal cases)
- Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) (BVwG)
- Regional Administrative Courts (Landesverwaltungsgerichte) (LVwG)
- Federal Finance Court (Bundesfinanzgericht) (external)
- Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde) (pre-2014: Data Protection Commission (Datenschutzkommission))
- Disciplinary Commissions (Disziplinarkommissionen), Supreme Disciplinary Commission (Disziplinaroberkommission), Appeals Tribunal (Berufungskommission)
- Supervisory Authority for Employee Representation (Personalvertretungsaufsichtsbehörde) (pre-2014: Supervisory Commission for Employee Representation (Personalvertretungs-Aufsichtskommission)
- Equal Treatment Commissions (Gleichbehandlungskommissionen) from 2014
- Equal Treatment Commissions (Gleichbehandlungskommissionen) from 2008 (external)
- Independent administrative tribunals
- Financial Documentation (Finanzdokumentation), Independent Finance Tribunal (Unabhängiger Finanzsenat) (external), Court of Asylum (Asylgerichtshof)(AsylGH)
- Independent Federal Asylum Tribunal (Unabhängiger Bundesasylsenat)
- Environmental Tribunal (Umweltsenat)
- Federal Communications Board (Bundeskommunikationssenat)
- Public Procurement Review Authorities (Vergabekontrollbehörden)
NB: Not all the answers below are applicable to all the above courts and tribunals
Further proceedings
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Supreme courts |
Other courts |
| Is information available on:
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No ☐ |
No ☐ |
- whether a case is still pending?
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No ☐ |
No ☐ |
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No ☐ |
No ☐ |
- the irrevocability of the judgment?
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Only irrevocable judgments are published. |
Only irrevocable judgments are published. |
- Further proceedings before:
- another national court (Constitutional Court, etc.)?
- the European Court of Justice?
- the European Court of Human Rights?
- Special summaries of the Supreme Court’s judgment indicate that proceedings before another national or international high court are pending.
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Yes Yes Yes |
No ☐ No ☐ No ☐ |
Publication Rules
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At national level? |
At the level of courts? |
| Are there binding rules for the publication of judgments? |
Yes |
Yes |
Sections 15 and 15a, Supreme Court Act (OGH Act), section 48a Court Organisation Act (GOG), section 19 Asylum Tribunal Act (AsylgerichtshofG)
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Supreme courts |
Other courts |
| Are all judgments published or only a selection? |
Only a selection |
Only a selection |
| If a selection is made, what criteria are applied? |
Judgments are published in full together with a summary. Supreme Court judgments which reject an appeal without substantial reasoning are not published. Judgments by other courts are published if their significance extends beyond the individual case. |
Judgments are published in full together with a summary. Supreme Court judgments which reject an appeal without substantial reasoning are not published. Judgments by other courts are published if their significance extends beyond the individual case. |
