On 5 November 2014, the Federal Council appointed an Independent Expert Commission (IEC) to investigate the use of administrative detention and other compulsory measures as instruments of social welfare in Switzerland until 1981. The legal basis is the Federal Act on Investigation of the Use of Compulsory Welfare Measures and Custody Arrangements prior to 1981 (SR 211.223.13), which entered into effect on 1 April 2017, replacing the Federal Act of 21 March 2014 on the Rehabilitation of Administrative Detainees (SR 211.223.12). The IEC is made up of an expert commission and an interdisciplinary research team. The IEC will complete its work in 2019.

More information: https://www.uek-administrative-versorgungen.ch

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  • Institutional Topography of Administrative Detention in Switzerland, 1933-1980

    Independent expert commission (IEC) administrative detention
    Population and society, Education, culture and sport, Justice, legal system and public safety, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Government and public sector, Economy and finance

    The data set comprises five directories of correctional and detention facilities and institutions in operation in Switzerland. The directories are dated to 1933, the 1940s, 1954,...

    Last updated: April 26, 2018

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