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63.0
Criminal repression
(16 documents)
Legislation
Military Penal Code, 1927
Date of adoption :
13.06.1927
Penal Code, 1937 (as of 2013)
Date of adoption :
21.12.1937
Military Penal Procedure, 1979
Date of adoption :
23.03.1979
Federal Act on International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, 1981
Date of adoption :
20.03.1981
Federal decree on the cooperation with the international tribunals in charge of prosecuting grave violations of international humanitarian law, 1995
Date of adoption :
21.12.1995
Federal law on cooperation with the International Criminal Court, 2001
Date of adoption :
22.06.2001
Federal law amending federal statutes in view of the implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 2010
Date of adoption :
18.06.2010
Federal law on private security services provided abroad, 2013
Date of adoption :
27.09.2013
Case law
Alfred Musema case, Military Court of Cassation, 8 July 1996
Date of decision :
08.07.1996
Goran Grabez case, Military Tribunal, 18 April 1997
Date of decision :
18.04.1997
Alfred Musema case, Federal Court, 28 April 1997
Date of decision :
28.04.1997
Goran Grabez case, Military Court of Cassation, 5 September 1997
Date of decision :
05.09.1997
Joseph Spring case, Federal Court, 21 January 2000
Date of decision :
21.01.2000
Fulgence Niyonteze case, Military Court of Appeal, 26 May 2000
Date of decision :
26.05.2000
Fulgence Niyonteze case, Military Court of Cassation, 27 April 2001
Date of decision :
27.04.2001
Khaled Nezzar case, Federal Criminal Court, 25 July 2012
Date of decision :
25.07.2012
Cultural property protection
(4 documents)
Legislation
Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict, 1966
Date of adoption :
06.10.1966
Federal Law on the International Transfer of Cultural Property, 2003
Date of adoption :
20.06.2003
Ordinance No. 520.31 on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Natural Disaster or Emergency, 2014
Date of adoption :
29.10.2014
Federal Law No. 520.3 on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Natural Disaster or Emergency; 2014
Date of adoption :
20.06.2015
Emblems protection
(5 documents)
Legislation
Act for the protection of coats of arms and other public signs, 1931
Date of adoption :
05.06.1931
Federal law on the protection of the emblem and the name of the red cross, 1954
Date of adoption :
25.03.1954
United Nations Emblem Law, 1961
Date of adoption :
15.12.1961
Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict, 1966
Date of adoption :
06.10.1966
Case law
Case A._____ SA v. Swiss Red Cross, 1st Civil Court of the Federal Tribunal of Switzerland, 2014
Date of decision :
20.05.2014
Fundamental guarantees
(1 document)
Case law
Alfred Musema case, Federal Court, 28 April 1997
Date of decision :
28.04.1997
Internal legal order
(12 documents)
Legislation
Civil Code, 1907
Date of adoption :
10.12.1907
Decision of the Federal Council regarding the application of the Geneva Conventions in the army, 1952
Date of adoption :
29.08.1952
Protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict, 1966
Date of adoption :
06.10.1966
Federal Law on the Army and the military administration, 1995
Date of adoption :
03.02.1995
Regulations on military identity cards and discs, 1996
Date of adoption :
28.11.1996
Ordinance on War Material (War Material Ordinance, WMO), 1998 (Status as of 1 October 2015)
Date of adoption :
25.02.1998
Constitution, 1999 (as of 2013)
Date of adoption :
18.04.1999
Federal act on the protection of the civil population, 2002
Date of adoption :
04.10.2002
Order on the tasks of the army, 2003
Date of adoption :
29.10.2003
Federal law on private security services provided abroad, 2013
Date of adoption :
27.09.2013
Ordinance on Private Security Services Abroad, 2015
Date of adoption :
24.06.2015
Ordinance on the Use of Private Security Companies Abroad by the Federal Government, 2015
Date of adoption :
24.06.2015
National RC / RC Societies
(2 documents)
Legislation
Federal Decree on the Swiss Red Cross, 1951
Date of adoption :
13.06.1951
Regulations relative to the Red Cross Service, 1994
Date of adoption :
19.10.1994
Other topics relating to IHL
(3 documents)
Legislation
Federal law on private security services provided abroad, 2013
Date of adoption :
27.09.2013
Ordinance on Private Security Services Abroad, 2015
Date of adoption :
24.06.2015
Ordinance on the Use of Private Security Companies Abroad by the Federal Government, 2015
Date of adoption :
24.06.2015
Other protected persons
(6 documents)
Legislation
Federal Law on Data Protection, 1992
Date of adoption :
19.06.1992
Federal law on the use of DNA profiling in criminal proceedings and on the identification of unknown or missing people, 2003
Date of adoption :
20.06.2003
Federal Act on assistance to victims of crimes, 2007
Date of adoption :
23.03.2007
Case law
Goran Grabez case, Military Tribunal, 18 April 1997
Date of decision :
18.04.1997
Fulgence Niyonteze case, Military Court of Appeal, 26 May 2000
Date of decision :
26.05.2000
Fulgence Niyonteze case, Military Court of Cassation, 27 April 2001
Date of decision :
27.04.2001
Prisoner of war
(1 document)
Case law
Goran Grabez case, Military Tribunal, 18 April 1997
Date of decision :
18.04.1997
The missing and their families
(3 documents)
Legislation
Civil Code, 1907
Date of adoption :
10.12.1907
Federal law on the use of DNA profiling in criminal proceedings and on the identification of unknown or missing people, 2003
Date of adoption :
20.06.2003
Federal Law on the implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 2015
Date of adoption :
18.12.2015
Anti-personnel mines
(2 documents)
Legislation
514.51 Federal Act of 13 December 1996 on War Material (War Material Act, WMA)
Date of adoption :
13.12.1996
Federal law on war material, 1997 (as amended)
Date of adoption :
13.12.1997
Chemical and Biological weapons
(3 documents)
Legislation
514.51 Federal Act of 13 December 1996 on War Material (War Material Act, WMA)
Date of adoption :
13.12.1996
Federal law on war material, 1997 (as amended)
Date of adoption :
13.12.1997
Decree on the Control of Chemicals Weapons, 2007
Date of adoption :
17.10.2007
Cluster munitions
(2 documents)
Legislation
514.51 Federal Act of 13 December 1996 on War Material (War Material Act, WMA)
Date of adoption :
13.12.1996
Federal law on war material, 1997 (as amended)
Date of adoption :
13.12.1997
Other types of weapons
(3 documents)
Legislation
Federal Law on the control of goods used for civilian and military purposes, 1996
Date of adoption :
13.12.1996
Firearms Act, 1997
Date of adoption :
20.06.1997
Ordinance on War Material (War Material Ordinance, WMO), 1998 (Status as of 1 October 2015)
Date of adoption :
25.02.1998
Related databases
Treaty database and States Party
Customary IHL
Reference documents
National implementation of IHL: fact sheets and information kits
Table of National Committees and other national bodies on international humanitarian law
States party to the main treaties
The domestic implementation of International Humanitarian Law: a manual
Weapons and international humanitarian law
International Review of the Red Cross
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