ACCELERATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN AUSTRIA

• Authors: Eder-Rieder M.E.
• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

In Austria Art 6 § 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights which entities everyone to a decision 'within a reasonable time' is, on the constitutional level, the basis against unreasonably long proceedings. Although the principle of the expedition itself is not formal!y included in the Austrian Criminal Procedure Code (StPO), certain fixed or variable time limits, or the supervision of judges and prosecutors combined with disciplinary consequences have an accelerating effect. Parties have the possibility to lodge a complaint against judiciary abuses (§ 15 StPO) or to file 'a motion for a time limit' with a court (§ 91 GOG), which has a preventive effect. This system of complaints, supervision and disciplinary measures without the waiver of a fair process clause ensures a reasonable time procedure. The possibility of 'diversion' (§§ 90a ff StPO) enables the prosecutor to withdraw from prosecution under special conditions (i.e. fine, directions on probation, extrajudicial settlement) and is practised in every second case. In future the expedition of criminal proceedings will be formally included in StPO.

Keywords

EN

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS' EXPEDITION; DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES; MOTION FOR TIME LIMIT; REASONABLE PRECEEDINGS TIME

Discipline

• LAW_&_ADMINISTRATION: LAW & ADMINISTRATION

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Archivum Iuridicum Cracoviense
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 37-38
• Pages: 95-123
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Eder-Rieder M.E.

• M.E. Eder-Rieder, Institut fuer Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht und Kriminologie Universitaet Salzburg, Salzburg, Oesterreich

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04158091