Switzerland

Region
Western Europe and Others
Regional Court
European Court of Human Rights
Regional Organisations
European Court of Human Rights
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Council of Europe
Legal System
Civil
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Forced Labour
Human Trafficking

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
01 November 1930
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
07 December 1953
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
28 June 1964
1966 ICCPR
18 June 1992
1930 Forced Labour Convention
23 May 1940
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
28 September 2017
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
18 July 1958
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
28 June 2000
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
27 October 2006
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
12 October 2001

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
There appears to be no legislation in place in Switzerland which prohibits slavery, although article 31 of the Constitution guarantees personal liberty and article 183 pf the Criminal Code criminalises deprivation of liberty. Enslavement may also form an element of a crime against humanity under article 264a of the Criminal Code.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Switzerland which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery, although article 181a of the Criminal Code criminalises forced marriage.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Switzerland which prohibits servitude.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Switzerland which prohibits forced labour, although article 27(2) of the Constitution affirms the right to freedom to choose an occupation and article 181 of the Criminal Code criminalises coercion.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the Criminal Code which criminalises trafficking under article 182.

Legislative Provisions

FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION 1999 (REV. 2014)

SWISS CRIMINAL CODE

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