BIM Annual Report 2008 - Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für ...

BIM Annual Report 2008
Antidiscrimination, Asylum and Migration
Pilot project on quality assurance for first instance asylum proceedings in Austria
Summary
From December 2006 until June 2008, the Institute was involved in a quality assurance project financed
by the European Refugee Fund and co-financed by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior. During
a period of 18 months, the quality of approx. 70 first instance proceedings was analysed on the basis
of specific criteria which had been developed beforehand. Subsequently, the findings of this analysis
were scientifically edited. The project was implemented by the BIM in cooperation with the Federal
Asylum Office. Moreover, the project team was supported by a steering committee consisting of representatives
of UNHCR, the Red Cross (ACCORD), the Independent Federal Asylum Tribunal, the Ministry
of the Interior, the Federal Asylum Office and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights. The
analysis of the asylum procedure resulted in the drafting of a report containing the main results (illustrated
by concrete examples taken from the analysis) and recommendations for the improvement of the
quality of the asylum procedures.
Country
Persons
involved
Austria
Project leader, researcher
Researchers
Project supervision
Kerstin Buchinger
Margit Ammer
Barbara Linder
Manfred Nowak
Contact person
Margit Ammer, margit.ammer@univie.ac.at
Lead
organisation
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
of Human Rights
Partner
organisations
Austrian Federal Asylum
Office
UNHCR Vienna
Red Cross (ACCORD)
Independent Federal
Asylum Tribunal
Ministry of the Interior
Starting/
end date
January 2007 to June 2008
Funded by
European Refugee Fund
Austrian Ministry of the Interior
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