Compulsory Measures Court
Institution of Swiss criminal law
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The Compulsory Measures Court (German: Zwangsmassnahmengericht, French: Tribunal des mesures de contrainte, Italian: Tribunale delle misure coercitive) is an institution of Swiss[1] Criminal law. It rules on the provisional detention ("pre-trial detention") of an accused person, as well as on other compulsory[2] measures.
Competences
A decision of the Compulsory Measures Court is required to order the following[3][4] measures:
- Provisional detention;[5]
- Detention for security reasons;[6]
- Other compulsory measures;
- DNA[7][8] sampling;
- Surveillance of correspondence;[9]
- Technical surveillance measures;[10]
- Surveillance of banking relationships;[11]
- Mission of an undercover agent;[12]
Other compulsory measures do not need to be referred to the Compulsory Measures Court, such as the Swiss criminal law mandate.[13]
Compulsory measures infringe fundamental rights[14] and must comply with a number of conditions,[15] including the principle of proportionality.[16]