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312.21Federal Council ordinanceKeepCompleted

Ordonnance du 7 novembre 2012 sur la protection extraprocédurale des témoins (OTém)

Federal Council ordinanceLanguage DEDocument 7 November 2012In force 1 January 2013
Published verdict
Keep

The law broadly serves citizens without excessive burden.

Summary

This ordinance implements the federal witness-protection law for extra-procedural protection. It sets the application and termination process for witness-protection programs, staff training rules, operation of the ZEUSS data system, data access and sharing rules, cooperation with foreign authorities, and cost allocation and reimbursement between the Confederation and cantons.

Verdict reason
A witness-protection regime cannot be credibly supplied through ordinary private arrangements or ad hoc policing. This ordinance provides the necessary operating rules, data safeguards, inter-authority coordination, and funding mechanisms for a narrowly targeted security function whose disappearance would materially weaken law enforcement and expose protected persons to severe risk.
Review details
Status
Completed
Model
gpt-5.4
Method
better-switzerland-v2
Attempts
1
Input tokens
8162
Output tokens
142
Total tokens
8304
Estimated cost
$0.0225
Record metadata
Document date
7 November 2012
Entry into force
1 January 2013
Applicability
1 January 2024
Type
Federal Council ordinance
Display ID
312.21
Canonical record
https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2012/815
Family URI
https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2012/815
Language
DE
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