Compulsory Measures Court

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

Competences

A decision of the Compulsory Measures Court is required to order the following measures:

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

Compulsory measures infringe fundamental rights and must comply with a number of conditions, including the principle of proportionality.

References

  1. ↑ Art. 13 and 18 CPP.
  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. ↑ Camille Perrier Depeursinge, Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure (CPP) annotated, Helbing Lichtenhahn, 2020, 920 p. (ISBN 978-3-7190-4326-1), p. 44.
  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. ↑ Art. 224 to 228 CPP
  6. ↑ Art. 229 to 233 CPP
  7. ↑ Art. 256 CPP
  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. ↑ Art. 272 CPP
  10. ↑ Art. 281 CPP
  11. ↑ Art. 284 CPP
  12. ↑ Art. 289 CPP
  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. ↑ Art. 196 CPP
  15. ↑ Art. 197 CPP
  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.