Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 5:00 PM
Top Floor, Juridicum, University of Vienna
Schottenbastei 10–16
1010 Vienna
The Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution, established in 2001 under the General Settlement Fund, was authorized by the General Settlement Fund Law to recommend the restitution of properties and superstructures confiscated during the Nazi era, as well as movable assets belonging to Jewish community organizations, provided these assets were publicly owned as of January 17, 2001. Over its 20 years of operation, the Arbitration Panel issued 1,582 decisions and recommended the restitution of assets with a total value of approximately 48 million euros.
The final report of the Arbitration Panel has now been published in book form in both German and English. The publication documents the background of the panel's establishment, traces the challenges of addressing restitution claims from both historical and legal perspectives, and provides a comprehensive evaluation of the outcomes of this most recent Austrian compensation measure related to the Nazi era.
As part of the event, Volume 8 of the book series "Decisions of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution" was also presented.
