Testimonies were brought up to document the charges. They reported about police persecution, imprisonment, psychiatric treatment and electroshock therapies, loss of jobs and public humiliation. In each case the Republic of Austria was charged with neglecting its human rights obligations and therefore broken its own commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris in 1948. Defence In six of the seven parts of the tribunal the defence bench remained empty. The Republic of Austria refused to defend itself. Most of the political representatives had either ignored the invitation or passed it on to some department of their own ministry which never replied. Only one lengthy letter from Roland Miklau, departmental head in the Ministry of Justice, explained why he preferred not to participate. On the first day of the tribunal, MP , member of the ruling Social Democratic Party, sat on the defence bench as amicus curiae, not defending the republic, but rather stating that he agreed with all the changes in the penal code demanded. He referred to the refusal of coalition partner Austrian People's Party which was effectively blocking every move in this field. Seven verdicts The Republic of Austria was found guilty in all seven fields. However, the jury did not always agree completely with the demands of the prosecution team. For example, in part I. Penal code and constitution the attorney-general requested the abolition of the pornography law. The jury did not agree on this demand. References 1995 in Austria Human rights organisations based in Austria Human rights in Austria LGBT rights Transgender rights