Switzerland
Practice Relating to Rule 115. Disposal of the Dead
Switzerland’s Basic Military Manual (1987) provides: “Burial shall be honourable.”
Switzerland’s Basic Military Manual (1987) provides: “Inhumation shall … [take place] if possible according to the religious rites of the deceased.”
Switzerland’s Basic Military Manual (1987) states: “Cremation is only permitted for imperative hygiene reasons or for religious motives.”
Switzerland’s Basic Military Manual (1987) states: “If possible, corpses shall be buried separately.”
Switzerland’s Basic Military Manual (1987) provides that “graves shall be respected” and “properly maintained”.