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“No Safe Haven”: no refuge for torturers in Switzerland

  • 11/04/2025

On October 31, the Legal Affairs Committee of the National Council (CAJ-N) decided to continue its work on the preliminary draft of the federal law on the inclusion of torture in the Swiss Criminal Code, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament. This specific criminalization of torture is not a symbolic gesture or a political signal. It responds to a concrete imperative: to enable Switzerland to prosecute torturers who seek refuge on its territory.