Abstract The European Court of Human Rights in 2011 delivered 12 judgments on applications against Austria. They concern different fields like family law, medically assisted procreation, the situation of working prisoners regarding social benefits, old-age pension claims of lawyers and their obligation to act as legal guardian, the length of criminal proceedings and the duration of pre-trial detention, official complaints in administrative penal proceedings, and media law. This article is meant to give an overview over these judgments and to show to what extent they call for reform.
