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Tasks of the Supervisory Council

(Article 7 of the Federal law on the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law)

1.    The Supervisory Council of the institute plans and defines broadly the activitiesof the institute and manages it.

2.    The Supervisory Council has responsability

  1. To define the research program of the institute;
  2. To make propositions to the supervisory authority for the endorsement of the budget, counts and annual report;
  3. To nominate the staff of the institute, except the director;
  4. To decide services and mandates for important researches;
  5. To maintain the relations of the institute with law faculties and legal sections, and also with other institutions and interested parties.

3.    The Federal Council rules precisely the roles of the members of the Supervisory Council of the institute and defines the capabilities of the Committee.

Composition of the Supervisory Council

(Article 6 of the Federal Law on the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law)

1.    The Supervisory Council is formed by:

  1. At least eleven representatives of the Confederation, among them representatives of the Federal Office of Justice, the Direction of the International Public Law, the Federal Court and Federal Institutes of Technology, and
  2. A representative of each law faculties of Swiss universities, Hochschule Saint-Gall, Swiss corporation of jurists and the canton where the headquarters are located.

2.    The Federal Council nominates the members of the Supervisory Council of the institute by the proposition of represented institutions and nominates the president.

3.    The Supervisory Council of the institute is elected for four years; a re-election is possible.

4.    The Supervisory Council of the institute creates a Committee managed by the president of the Supervisory Council. This Committee is formed by two representatives of the Confederation and two others members of the Supervisory Council.

 

 

Members of the Supervisory Council(2008-2011) by alphabetical order 
[*Members of the Supervisory Council] 

  
Representatives from Universities and Colleges

  • Claire HUGUENIN, Teacher, University of Zurich
  • Bruno HUWILER, Teacher, University of Basel
  • Susan KILLIAS, General Secretary, Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne
  • Alfred KOLLER, Teacher, University of Saint-Gall
  • Peter V. KUNZ, Teacher, University of Bern 
  • Alexander MARKUS, Teacher, University of Bern
  • Hansjörg PETER, Teacher, University of Lausanne 
  • Jörg SCHMID*, Teacher, University of Lucerne
  • Franz WERRO*, Teacher, University of Fribourg
  • Pierre WESSNER*, Teacher, University of Neuchâtel
  • Bénédict WINIGER, Teacher, University of Geneva

Representatives from federal and cantonal administrations

  • Jacqueline CORTESI-KÜNZI, Section Manager, Federal Administration of Finances 
  • Fabrice FILLIEZ, Minister, Bureau of integration
  • Eric GOLAZ, Chef de service, State of Vaud
  • Kathrin KLETT, Federal Judge, Federal Court
  • Michael LEUPOLD*, Director, Federal Office of Justice
  • Paul SEGER*, Director, Direction of international public law
  • Karine SIEGWART, Chef de service, Federal Office of Environment
  • Hanspeter TSCHÄNI, Chef de service, State Secretariat d’Etat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
  • Daniel ZIMMERMANN, Chef de service, Federal Office of Culture

Representatives from private sector

  • Dominique BROWN-BERSET*, Lawyer, Brown & Page
  • Thomas PLETSCHER, Member of the Direction, economiesuisse



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