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Table of contents
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ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVITY OF THE AUSTRIAN
OMBUDSMAN BOARD (AOB) ..................................................................
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1.1
Development of activities ..................................................................................
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1.2
Completed cases ................................................................................................
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1.3
Contacts with citizens and authorities regarding investigative
proceedings in 2004 ...........................................................................................
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1.4
Information service .............................................................................................
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1.5
International Encounters ....................................................................................
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1.6
Public Relations Work ........................................................................................
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1.7
Convention ...........................................................................................................
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS SECTION .............................................
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2.1
Introduction ..............................................................................................
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2.2
The Austrian Constitution’s Fundamental Requirements for a
Constitutional State
(Articles 18 and 129 et seq. of the Austrian Federal
Constitution) ............................................................................................
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2.2.1
“Precautionary” Suspension of Benefits
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Suspension of Driver’s License Unjustified due to the Unreliability of
Quick Tests for Narcotics (VA BD/446-V/04) ..............................................................
Imposition of an Administrative Penalty in Cases in which the Legal
Situation is Unclear is not Constitutional (VA BD/18-BKA/04) ....................................
Administrative Order under Trade Law
(VA BD/81-WA/04, BH Hollabrunn HLS2-A and HLW2-BA-0318) .............................................
(VA BD/1104-SV/03, BMSG 22210/0002-II/A/2/2004)
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.5.1
2.2.5.2
Rejection of an Application for Social Assistance without Formal
Notification (VA W/20-SOZ/04) ....................................................................................
Violation of the Principal of Legality through the Application of an
Ordinance no longer in Force (VA W/454-GES/04) .....................................................
Frontage owners ordered to purchase and subsequently cede street
property already owned by the city of Vienna
(VA W/220-LGS/04, MPRGIR-V-924/04) ............................................................................
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