Federal Department of Justice and Police FDJP
The internet is now widely used for shopping and making payments. The Federal Office of Justice is developing a simple yet secure electronic ID.
The
FDJP is responsible for national and international police cooperation and so
ensures internal security in Switzerland. It
develops legislation in civil, criminal, constitutional and administrative law
to reflect the needs of modern society. In addition, the FDJP regulates the
conditions under which foreign nationals may enter, live and work in
Switzerland, or obtain asylum here.
Karin Keller-Sutter
Head of the FDJP.
Member of the Federal Council since
2019.
Without security, there can be no freedom or prosperity at any level.
Priorities 2021
More and more business processes are now conducted
electronically. To ensure that there are clear rules for identifying a person
online, the FDJP closely involved in the drafting of the new Federal Act on
Electronic Identification Services (E-ID Act). This law ensures that users can
navigate the internet even more easily and securely. Another important project being
handled by the FDJP is the revision of inheritance law. The Federal Council
wants to remove obstacles to make it easier for family businesses to be passed
on to family members. The reform aims to provide greater stability for small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and secure jobs.
The FDJP ensures that the security authorities in
Switzerland have the necessary legal instruments to guarantee security. For
example, it is currently working on an amendment to the law that will permit
public prosecutors and the police to use new methods of DNA analysis in their
investigations. Using these methods, information about external characteristics
such as hair, eye or skin colour can be extracted from a DNA trace. This can
simplify investigations: the range of suspects – and of innocent people – may
become clearer more quickly.
The FDJP also ensures that asylum procedures
continue to be carried out quickly and fairly and that asylum seekers are
housed in decent conditions in the federal asylum centres. Improvements
continue to be made to the process of removing persons who are not entitled
to stay in Switzerland.
Expenses 2019
(CHF)
2.84bn
Staff (FTEs) 2019
2602
Organisation chart FDJP
General Secretariat GS-FDJP
Secretary General: Barbara Hübscher Schmuki
www.ejpd.admin.ch
State Secretariat for Migration SEM
State Secretary:
Mario Gattiker
www.sem.admin.ch
Federal
Office of Justice FOJ
Director: Michael Schöll
www.bj.admin.ch
Federal
Office of Police fedpol
Director: Nicoletta
della Valle
www.fedpol.admin.ch
Post and Telecommunications Surveillance
Service PTSS
Director:
René Koch
www.li.admin.ch
Autonomous organisations
Federal
Institute of Intellectual Property IIP
Director: Catherine
Chammartin
www.ige.ch
Federal
Institute of Metrology METAS
Director: Philippe
Richard
www.metas.ch
Swiss
Institute of Comparative Law SICL
Director: Christina
Schmid
www.sicl.ch
Federal
Audit Oversight Authority FAOA
Director: Reto Sanwald
www.rab-asr.ch
Federal
Gaming Board FGB
Director a.i.: Ruedi Schneider
www.esbk.admin.ch
Federal
Commission on Migration FCM
President: Walter
Leimgruber
www.ekm.admin.ch
Federal
Arbitration Commission for the Exploitation of Copyrights and Related Rights
President: Helen Kneubühler
Dienst
www.eschk.admin.ch
National
Commission for the Prevention of Torture NCPT
President: Regula
Mader
www.nkvf.admin.ch
