Austria
Practice Relating to Rule 100. Fair Trial Guarantees
Upon ratification of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, Austria stated:
Article 75 of Protocol I will be applied insofar as sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph 4 is not incompatible with legislation providing that any defendant, who causes a disturbance at the trial or whose presence is likely to impede the questioning of another defendant or the hearing of a witness or expert witness, may be removed from the courtroom.
Upon ratification of the 1977 Additional Protocol II, Austria stated:
Article 6, paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (e) of Protocol II will be applied insofar as it is not incompatible with legislation providing that any defendant, who causes a disturbance at the trial or whose presence is likely to impede the questioning of another defendant or the hearing of a witness or expert witness, may be removed from the courtroom.
Upon ratification of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, Austria stated: “Article 75 of Protocol I will be applied insofar as sub-paragraph (h) of paragraph 4 is not incompatible with legal provisions authorizing the reopening of proceedings that have resulted in a final declaration of conviction or acquittal.”