Detention monitoring
Rheinau Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry (Zurich)13
In December 2017, the Commission visited the Rheinau Clinic
for Forensic Psychiatry. It welcomed the measures that had been
introduced since its first visit in 2012 and, in particular, the fact that
the policy of requiring patients entering the clinic to bathe in the
presence of a staff member has been discontinued. The Commission also noted with satisfaction that all measures of restraint had
been properly documented without exception. The Commission
nevertheless continues to see a need for action concerning the lack
of privacy and personal space in patient rooms due to the possible
visibility from outside. A broader spectrum of possibilities for exercise and leisure pursuits should also be offered. Finally, the Commission criticised the design of the walking yard and noted that the
planned construction of an additional wing will improve the situation.
d. F acilities for the enforcement of measures ordered
under asylum law and Foreign Nationals Act
i. Federal Asylum Centres
In 2017, the Commission visited three reception and procedures
centres (RCPs) in the cantons of Basel-City (RCP Basel), St. Gallen
(RCP Altstätten) and Ticino (RCP Chiasso), and two Federal Asylum
Centres (FACs) in the cantons of Neuchâtel (FAC Perreux in Boudry)
and Zurich (Zurich Test Facility, Juch Centre). The purpose of the
inspection visits was to monitor the treatment of the asylum-seekers accommodated there and to review the conformity with regard to human rights standards of the limitations imposed on their
freedom of movement in particular, due to the restricted daytime
leave hours. The Commission specifically focusses on the use of
disciplinary, security and preventive measures from a human and
Report to the Government Council of the Canton of Zurich on the follow-up visit of the National Commission for the
Prevention of Torture to the Rheinau Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry on 21 December 2017 (unpublished report).
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Tätigkeitsbericht NKVF 2017
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