Back Trest smrti ve Švýcarsku Czech Todesstrafe in der Schweiz German Peine de mort en Suisse French വധശിക്ഷ സ്വിറ്റ്സർലാന്റിൽ Malayalam Doodstraf in Zwitserland Dutch Pena de morte na Suíça Portuguese 瑞士死刑制度 Chinese
Abolished for all offences
Abolished in practice
Retains capital punishment
Capital punishment is forbidden in Switzerland under article 10, paragraph 1 of the Swiss Federal Constitution. Capital punishment was abolished from federal criminal law in 1942, but remained available in military criminal law until 1992. The last actual executions in Switzerland took place during World War II.