Other contacts and activities
3.2 Contacts with cantonal authorities.
a. Conference of Cantonal Justice and Police
At the annual meeting of the Committee of Nine of the Conference of Cantonal Justice and Police Department Heads in September 2017, the Commission presented its report on facilities for the
enforcement of administrative measures, which was published in
May 2017. It also introduced the pilot project regarding the assessment of healthcare in detention which was launched in the autumn
of 2017.
b.
Dialogue with the Special Committee on Repatriation
and Expulsion Enforcement
The Commission held one meeting last year with representatives of the Special Committee on Repatriation and Expulsion Enforcement, at which it discussed its observations and recommendations relating to the monitoring of forced return flights.23 Over the
course of the year, the Commission was in regular contact with representatives of the Special Committee seeking clarifications concerning individual incidents in the follow-up to its observation of
repatriation flights.
c. Bilateral meetings
The Commission held a meeting in February 2017 with the
Government Council of the Canton of Zug and representatives of
the cantonal Office of Migration and asked for clarifications concerning the forced repatriation of a family from Afghanistan.24 It
informed the authorities about its concerns regarding the detention of a mother and her infant child in a Canton of Zurich facility
that the Commission views as not suitable and examined other
possible measures for her detention. Referring to international
For further information see the NCPT report on immigration law enforcement monitoring.
23
Federal Supreme Court Judgement 2C_1052/2016, 2C_1053/2016, 26 April 2017
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