Investigating human rights improved herself professionally due to her better suitability if the selection had been free of discrimination. Administrative Court overturns Ministry notice The Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture dismissed the petition for compensation for damages in October 2004 by way of an official notice and denied having discriminated against her. After proceedings lasting more than four years, the Administrative Court ruled that this official notice was unlawful and found serious procedural defects in the proceedings. Again unlawful official notice After proceedings of more than one year, the (then) Federal Ministry for Science and Research again dismissed the claim for compensation. After proceedings of again more than four years, the Administrative Court overturned the official notice anew and found specifically, but not exclusively, that the authorities “had largely not made any traceable, comparative evaluations of the applicants but had simply made unfounded allegations”. Compensation awarded Only after the AOB had been involved in the matter and after there was a legally effective and final court ruling in a civil lawsuit that another female applicant had brought, which showed that the complainant had been the most suitable applicant, the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy admitted the alleged discrimination. The complainant accepted the amount of compensation for damages stipulated in the official notice of December 2014. 62