Investigating human rights 3.4 Science, research, business and industry Finally barrier-free access to Thesus Temple in Vienna Exhibitions in the Theseus Temple in the Vienna Volksgarten are finally fully accessible since spring 2014. A ramp was built that enables access for persons with disabilities without help from others. After years of queries by the AOB, finally the efforts of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History), the Austrian authority responsible for the efficient management and conservation of historic buildings, the Federal Office for the Care of Monuments and the Austrian Working Group for Rehabilitation have borne fruit. Prior to the beginning of the exhibition season 2014, a ramp was finally built. Discrimination in filling a leading position at the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy An employee of the former Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture was discriminated against due to her gender when a leading position was filled. The Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy awarded her compensation after proceedings that lasted more than ten years. Ms N. complained to the AOB in June 2014 and indicated that as an employee in the (then) Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, she applied for the permanent position of a deputy head of department that had been put out to tender in autumn 2002,. However, a male applicant who was less qualified had been chosen over her (and other female applicants). Therefore, she petitioned for compensation in accordance with the Austrian Federal Equal Opportunities Act. The proceedings had been pending since March 2004. The AOB’s investigative proceeding revealed that in December 2003, in appointment review proceedings, the Federal Equal Treatment Commission found that the complainant had been discriminated against based on gender and that the preferential treatment guarantee for the advancement of women within the meaning of the Federal Equal Opportunities Act had been violated. Section 15 of the version of the Austrian Federal Equal Opportunities Act that is applicable in this case stipulated that the Federal Government is obligated to pay compensation for damages in the amount of the difference in salary for at least three months if the petitioner would have 61