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14 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2013

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Bern

17.30 – 18.15 Meeting with Ms Kathrin Hilber, Chairwoman of the Group of Experts for the erotic

sphere, Mr Boris Mesaric, Head of the Swiss Coordination Unit against the Trafficking of Persons and

Smuggling of Migrants, Ms Ursina Jud Huwiler, Head of the division Swiss German labour market, Ms Anna

Wildt, scientific collaborator, Division Humanitarian policy and Migration at the Federal Department of Foreign

Affairs

18.30 – 19.50 Meeting with Ms Irene Hirzel, Christliche Ostmission

20.00 – Dinner hosted by the Swiss delegation to the PACE (Restaurant Äusserer Stand – Bern). Will be

present: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Head of the swiss delegation to the PACE, Mr André Bugnon, member of

the Swiss delegation to the PACE; Ms Francine John-Calame, former member of the Swiss delegation to the

PACE, and Ms Yvonne Feri, Co-President of the Women’s parliamentarian group.

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Bern

8.15 – 09.45 Meeting with Mr Adrian Lobsiger, Deputy-Chairperson of the Federal Police (Fedpol), Mr

Jürg Schäublin, police superintendent at Fedpol, Mr Laurent Knubel, Deputy-Head of the Swiss Coordination

Unit against the Trafficking of Persons and Smuggling of Migrants, and Ms Anita Marfurt, jurist at the Federal

department of justice and police (Room 5)

09.45 – 10.30 Meeting with Ms Sarah Wildi, Prosecutor of the Canton of Bern

10.30 – 10.45 Meeting with Mr Flückiger, superintendent at the Criminal Police of the Canton of Bern

11.15 – 11.45 Meeting with Ms Marianne Streiff-Feller, MP

12.00 – 12.45 Meeting with Mr Balthasar Glättli, MP

12.30 – 14.00 Working lunch hosted by the Head of the Swiss delegation to the PACE, Ms Liliane Maury

Pasquier

Background notes on prostitution and human trafficking in Switzerland

1. In Switzerland, prostitution is legal and in principle is considered an ordinary form of economic activity. As

such, it is subject to taxation and social security contributions. This matter falls under cantonal jurisdiction.

Regulations relating to the exercising of prostitution are cantonal and municipal. At national level, the 1942

Swiss Criminal Code sets forth fines for whoever violates cantonal and municipal regulations. Since 1

December 2006, trafficking in human beings is subject to a custodial sentence of up to 20 years under Art. 182

of the Swiss Criminal Code (SCC). Art. 195 of the Swiss Criminal Code also prohibits the encouragement of

prostitution.

2. Within this general framework, regulations on prostitution vary widely across cantons. Their main aim is to

reduce the negative effects of the sex trade in the areas where this is practiced and to improve the working

conditions of sex workers. The local police responsible for trade and industry also inspect sex trade activities.

3. According to the Swiss Coordination Unit against the Trafficking of Persons and Smuggling of Migrants

(SCOTT or KSMM), national statistics are not available because controls fall in cantonal jurisdiction.

Furthermore, the existence of different cantonal regulations makes it impossible to collect comparable data.

4. This Unit, which provides support and coordination to the work of governmental, law enforcement

agencies and non-governmental organisations, underlines that prostitution is not necessarily linked to human

trafficking and that the two phenomena do not necessarily coincide.