Training for Judges, Public Prosecutors and Attorneys in the field of Anti-Discrimination Legislation

In the framework of this EU Project, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights organised, in co-operation with the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Federal Bar Association, 5 pre-and in-service training workshops for judges, public prosecutors and lawyers. The workshops focused on the newly amended Equal Treatment Act and other anti-discrimination provisions.

• Pre-service training for judges, prosecutors and attorneys,
  March 30, 2004, Judicial Training Center in Vienna
• Pre-service training for judges, prosecutors and attorneys,
  April 30, 2004; Judicial Training Center in Kitzbühel, Tyrol
• Pre-service training for judges, prosecutors and attorneys,
  November 16, 2004, Judicial Training Center in Vienna
• In-service training for judges, prosecutors and attorneys,
  November 30, 2004; University of Vienna, Law Faculty
• In-service training for judges, prosecutors and attorneys,
  December 2, 2004; Hotel Mercure in Salzburg

The seminars aimed, not only at the effedtive implementation of anti-discrimination provisions, but also to sensitise participants for better understanding the dynamics of discrimination. Among the persons invited to hold presentations at the seminars were experts from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, specialised judges and attorneys, representatives of the Ombudsperson for Equal Treatment, and specialised NGO representatives.

Given the participants’ positive feedback the BIM is presently negotiating to further offer such workshops in the course of in and pre-service training for judges, prosecutors and attorneys.

This one year project which was finalised in December 2004 was implemented in the framework of the European Commission’s Action Programme to combat discrimination. The project funds mainly derived from the European Commission. Furthermore, the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Federal Bar Association co-financed the project.

Contact persons: Birgit Weyss, birgit.weyss@univie.ac.at.

Team: Anti-Discrimination, Asylum and Migration.