Domestic violence and stalking

Protection against violence

The Austrian law provides counters to the various forms of violence in a relationship by protecting a victim from an aggressor by

• prohibition of entry by an aggressor to a home
• removal orders of an aggressor from a home
• prohibition in order to prevent the return of an aggressor to the home and
• injunctions against stalking

which can be issued in a particularly quick procedure by means of temporary injunctions.

The following can be considered as protective measures in the so-called "stalking injunction"

• Prohibition of personal contact and prohibition of persecution
• prohibition of contact
• Prohibition of residence
• Ban on the disclosure and processing of personal data and photographs
• Ban on ordering goods or services from a third party using personal data; and
• Prohibition of inducing a third party to contact the endangered party.

Important! In urgent cases should you be a woman, especially should you be a woman with a child or children, whose home is simply not safe, I suggest that you contact the Female Refuge Centre in your area: the link to the Austrian Female Refuge being https://www.aoef.at/

Please look at the following website for a safety strategy and advice. It is the link to the womens’ counselling centre in Vienna:

Help for abuse victims - Der Verein - Frauenhäuser Wien (frauenhaeuser-wien.at)

The 24-hour emergency telephone line in Vienna is:
To reach for help round the clock call the following number below: 05 77 22  

It offers advice and assistance in German, English, French, Turkish, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and Russian.

Vienna’s four women’s refuges can offer women and their children protection, assistance and temporary accommodation.

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