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In 2020, an unknown person registered a handicraft business in the name of a blind person. Five years later, the social insurance demanded back…
Ombudsperson Christoph Luisser reported on a successfully resolved case in "Nachgefragt": a woman had complained because her husband's personal…
Ombudsperson Achitz: AUVA only relented after Marlies K. went to the Ombudsman Board and to court
The tragic death of a prisoner in Hirtenberg prison puts the spotlight on the precarious situation in Austria's prisons. In the ORF programme "Hohes…
One of the latest cases presented by Ombudsperson Christoph Luisser in the programme "Citizens' Advocate" dealt with an anti-business approach by the…
David has been at home for a year because the rules of Lower Austria and Vienna don't fit together
On 4 February 2026, mental health professionals visited the Austrian Ombudsman Board. Almost thirty people from almost all EU Member States took part.…
In the ORF "ZIB Talk" programme and other TV interviews, Ombudsperson Gaby Schwarz says that the Justice Minister's expert commission will hopefully…
In the ORF programme Bürgeranwalt, Ombudsperson Gaby Schwarz emphasises that public institutions must guarantee access for assistance dogs nationwide.…
On the occasion of the tragic death of a prisoner at Hirtenberg Prison, Ombudsperson Gaby Schwarz draws attention to the fact that the Ombudsman…
