Austria is a wealthy modern welfare state with a population of about eight million people. The majority of the population are white and German speaking. Autochthonous and recognised minorities include Croats, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks and Roma. Starting in the late 1960s, Austria...

Austria is a federal republic. Its legislation is based on the constitutional principles of the Federal Constitutional Act (Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz) and additional constitutional legislation which can be found in a variety of legal sources. Apart from this, there are state constitutional acts...

The Austrian legal system follows the civil law tradition, meaning that primary legal sources are generally codified. Decisions by courts and administrative bodies do not count as authoritative legal sources per se (no official adherence to precedent). Nonetheless, such decisions - especially by...

The Austrian federal legislature has implemented legislation covering the complete scope of the directives. In the area of employment (public and private), all the grounds are protected. Ethnic affiliation and disability are further protected grounds in the area of access to and supply of goods...

Austrian legislation operates based on constitutional principles laid down in the Federal Constitutional Act (Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz), additional constitutional legislation, the Federal Financial Constitution Act (Finanzverfassungsesetz) and the provincial constitutional acts for the nine...

Austrian legislation operates on the basis of constitutional principles laid down in the Federal Constitutional Act (Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz), additional constitutional legislation, the Federal Financial Constitution Act (Finanzverfassungsesetz) and the provincial constitutional acts for the...

The Austrian legal system follows the civil law tradition, meaning that primary legal sources are generally codified. Decisions by courts and administrative bodies do not count as authoritative legal sources per se (no official adherence to precedent). Nonetheless, such decisions - especially by...

The legal standard of protection against discrimination on the ground of disability is considerably higher than the minimum requirements of Directive 2000/78/EC. From 2012, provinces and the Federation set up institutions such as monitoring boards in order to implement the UN Convention on the...