Who is the Pension Commission?

The Pensions Commission is chaired by Ombudsman Bernhard Achitz and consists of eleven experts from various professions. You can find the members of the Pension Commission here.

What is the role of the Pension Commission?

The Pension Commission deals with applications from persons who have not yet received compensation from a victim protection organisation or whose application has been rejected.

The Pension Commission assesses the circumstances established in the clearing and the applicant's submissions. Only anonymised documents are submitted to the Pension Commission. This means that the Pension Commission does not know the names of the applicants.

The Pension Commission assesses whether the accounts are credible. Finally, it makes a proposal to the Ombudsman Board for a decision.

Members of the Pension Commission

Members
Function
Ombudsperson Bernhard ACHITZ
Head of the Pension Commission
Norbert GERSTBERGER
Judge (retired), Regional Court for Criminal Matters Vienna
Ralf GÖßLER
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Hietzing Hospital
Michael JOHN
Social historian (retired), JKU
Rainer LOIDL
Sociologist, FH Joanneum Graz
Oliver SCHEIBER
Head of BG Meidling, member of the board of Weisser Ring
Romana SCHWAB
Chairwoman, Association of Former Home and Foster Children
Christine STEGER
Lawyer for the disabled
Barbara WINNER
Psychologist, Head of Contact Centre for Victim Protection Tyrol
Hedwig WÖLFL
Psychologist, Die Möwe