Published on 12 February 2026

International Conventions

• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (4 November 1950)
  (SR 0.101; entry into force on 28 November 1974 for Switzerland)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (16 December 1966)
  (SR 0.103.2, entry into force on 18 September 1992 for Switzerland)
• Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (28 July 1951)
  (SR 0.142.30, entry into force on 21 April 1955 for Switzerland)
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (10 December 1984)
  (SR 0.105, entry into force on 26 June 1987 for Switzerland)
• Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted on 18 December 2002
  (SR 0.105.1, entry into force on 24 September 2009 for Switzerland)
• European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (26 November 1987)
  (SR 0.106, entry into force on 1 February 1989 for Switzerland)
• Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (24 April 1963)
  (SR 0.191.02, entry into force on 19 March 1967 for Switzerland)

• Der Verkehr der konsularischen Vertreter mit in der Schweiz inhaftierten Angehörigen ihres Heimatstaates / Relations des représentants consulaires avec leurs ressortissants détenus en Suisse

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• Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (21 March 1983)
  (SR 0.343, entry into force on 1 May 1988 for Switzerland)
• Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (18 December 1997)
  (SR 0.343.1, entry into force on 1 October 2004 for Switzerland)
• European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (20 April 1959)
  (SR 0.351.1, entry into force on 20 March 1967 for Switzerland)
• European Convention on Extradition (13 December 1957)
  (SR 0.353.1, entry into force on 20 March 1967 for Switzerland)
• Convention No 29 concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (28 June 1930)
  (SR 0.822.713.9, entry into force on 23 May 1941 for Switzerland)