Compulsory_measures_court

Compulsory Measures Court

Compulsory Measures Court

Institution of Swiss criminal law

The Compulsory Measures Court (German: Zwangsmassnahmengericht, French: Tribunal des mesures de contrainte, Italian:Tribunale delle misure coercitive) is an institution of Swiss[1] Criminal law. It rules on the provisional detention ("pre-trial detention") of an accused person, as well as on other compulsory[2] measures.

Competences

A decision of the Compulsory Measures Court is required to order the following[3][4] measures, :

  • Provisional detention;[5]
  • Detention for security reasons;[6]
  • Other compulsory measures :
  • DNA[7][8] sampling, ;
  • Surveillance of correspondence;[9]
  • Technical surveillance measures;[10]
  • Surveillance of banking relationships;[11]
  • Mission of an undercover agent;[12]

Other compulsory measures do not need to be referred to the Compulsory Measures Court, such as the Swiss criminal law mandate.[13]

Compulsory measures infringe fundamental rights [14]and must comply with a number of conditions,[15] including the principle of proportionality.[16]

See also

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    Art. 13 and 18 CPP.
  2. [2]
    André Kuhn and Joëlle Vuille, Criminal Justice: Penalties According to Judges and Public Opinion, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, coll. "Le savoir suisse", 2010, 128 p. (ISBN 978-2-88074-898-2), p. 21.
  3. [3]
    Camille Perrier Depeursinge, Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure (CPP) annotated, Helbing Lichtenhahn, 2020, 920 p. (ISBN 978-3-7190-4326-1), p. 44.
  4. [4]
    André Kuhn and Joëlle Vuille, Criminal Justice: Penalties According to Judges and Public Opinion, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, coll. "Le savoir suisse", 2010, 128 p. (ISBN 978-2-88074-898-2), p. 21.
  5. [5]
    Art. 224 to 228 CPP
  6. [6]
    Art. 229 to 233 CPP
  7. [7]
    Art. 256 CPP
  8. [8]
    Swiss Telegraphic Agency, "Harvesting DNA from climate activists was excessive, says Federal Court", Le temps, June 9, 2021 (read online [archive], accessed June 8, 2021).
  9. [9]
    Art. 272 CPP
  10. [10]
    Art. 281 CPP
  11. [11]
    Art. 284 CPP
  12. [12]
    Art. 289 CPP
  13. [13]
    In Swiss criminal law, a mandate is an act by which a magistrate orders a person to be brought before him or placed in detention. The terms and conditions of the various mandates are governed by the Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure.
  14. [14]
    Art. 196 CPP
  15. [15]
    Art. 197 CPP
  16. [16]
    Camille Perrier Depeursinge, Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure (CPP) annotated, Helbing Lichtenhahn, 2020, 920 p. (ISBN 978-3-7190-4326-1), pp. 312-316.
  17. [17]
    The Systematic Compendium of Federal Law is the official compilation in a consolidated version of Swiss federal law.


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