Deprivation of liberty
In this section you find news on the issue of depriavation of liberty, in particular news concerning the popular initiative on detention without review.
Prisoners in Switzerland currently have no access to free confidential legal advice from independent specialists. The only way to get counselling is...
Migratory pressure challenges Switzerland as it does many other European countries. For a long time, legislative measures have been trying to enforce...
For many years, severe and continued overcrowding has been the norm in the prison of Champ-Dollon in Geneva. On 21 March 2016, the Federal Supreme...
The Canadian national Riahd Benaissa was kept in custody in the regional prison of Bern for over 2 years. Now, the former Vice President of a Canadian...
How should the justice system deal with prisoners who want to win their freedom by means of a hunger strike? Some years ago, the Bernard Rappaz case...
The close relationship between persons in custody and the authorities can give rise to an increased risk for the violation of human rights. The...
The association Carrefour Prison published in December 2008 a guide in French addressed to the families of detainees held in prisons standing on the...
On 18 December 2007 the Federal Councils voted with 128 to 59 in favour of the people's initiative on «life sentences for highly dangerous...
Most of the young offenders arrested in Switzerland are not treated differently than adults. This is what shows a study by the Federal Office of...
In a report presented on 19 April 2007, a group of experts criticised the use of excessive police force, insufficient conditions of detention and...
