Federal Department of Justice and Police FDJP

The FDJP draws up laws to respond to societal challenges and create equal opportunities. It monitors compliance with the law and so guarantees legal certainty. It regulates the conditions under which foreign nationals may enter Switzerland, live and work here or receive asylum. It also coordinates national and international police cooperation with the aim of safeguarding the security of the entire population.

Beat Jans Head of the FDJP.

Member of the Federal Council since 2024.

In Switzerland, we know that we can only move forward together.

Priorities of the FDJP in 2026

One of the FDJP’s main priorities is migration policy. Migration takes place between countries, which means that migration policy must be coordinated at international level. The FDJP therefore advocates for a migration policy based on solidarity at international level. The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum is a milestone. The pact aims to make Europe’s migration and asylum system, and thus also that of Switzerland, more efficient and solidarity based. In 2025, Parliament decided that Switzerland would participate, including in the solidarity framework with other Schengen states.

Another of the FDJP’s priorities is Switzerland’s internal security. Here, too, cooperation with various national and international partners is essential. The Federal Office of Police (fedpol), which is part of the FDJP, is the point of contact for police forces in Switzerland and abroad and facilitates coordinated actions to tackle crime. Combating domestic and sexual violence is important to the FDJP, which is why it is pressing ahead with a partial revision of the Victim Support Act. Victims should have access to more support and be even better protected.

In terms of digitalisation, the FDJP is aiming to introduce an electronic means of identification (e-ID) by the end of 2026. In future, users will be able to identify themselves quickly and securely online.

Expenses 2024 (CHF)
4.69bn

Staff (FTEs) 2024
3,206

Organisation chart FDJP

General Secretariat GS-FDJP
Co-Secretaries general: Nora Bertschi
and Sebastian Kölliker
www.ejpd.admin.ch/en

State Secretariat for Migration SEM
State Secretary: Vincenzo Mascioli
www.sem.admin.ch

Federal Office of Justice FOJ
Director: Michael Schöll
www.bj.admin.ch

Federal Office of Police fedpol
Director: Eva Wildi-Cortés
www.fedpol.admin.ch

Post and Telecommunications Surveillance Service PTSS
Director: Daniela Schär
www.li.admin.ch

Autonomous organisations

Federal Institute of Intellectual Property IIP
Director: Catherine Chammartin
www.ige.ch/en

Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
Director: Philippe Richard
www.metas.ch

Swiss Institute of Comparative Law SICL
Director: Nadjma Yassari
www.isdc.ch/en

Federal Audit Oversight Authority FAOA
Director: Reto Sanwald
www.rab-asr.ch

Federal Gaming Board FGB
Responsible: Thomas Witschi
www.esbk.admin.ch

Federal Commission on Migration FCM
President: Manuele Bertoli
www.ekm.admin.ch/en

Federal Arbitration Commission for the Exploitation of Copyrights and Related Rights
President: Cyrill Rigamonti
www.eschk.admin.ch

National Commission for the Prevention of Torture NCPT
President: Martina Caroni
www.nkvf.admin.ch