Title Two: Fundamental Rights, Citizenship and Social Goals

Chapter One: Fundamental Rights

Art. 25 Protection against expulsion, extradition and deportation

1 Swiss citizens may not be expelled from Switzerland and may only be extradited to a foreign authority with their consent.

2 Refugees may not be deported or extradited to a state in which they will be persecuted.

3 No person may be deported to a state in which they face the threat of torture or any other form of cruel or inhumane treatment or punishment.

Article 102
Use of terms
For the purposes of this Statute:
(a) "surrender" means the delivering up of a person by a State to the Court, pursuant to this Statute.
(b) "extradition" means the delivering up of a person by one State to another as provided by treaty, convention or national legislation.