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Switzerland

Capital city — Bern

  • Country population

    8,500,000
    i
    2017
    / UNPD
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    -

  • Type of government

    -

  • Human Development Index

    0.939
    i
    2015
    / UNDP
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    0.5

    per 100,000 inhab…

    i
    2016
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Federal Department of Justice and Polic…
  • Total number of prisoners

    -

  • Prison density

    -

  • Total number of prison facilities

    -

  • An NPM has been established

    -

  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    -

  • Incarcerated minors

    -

  • Untried prisoners

    -

  • Death penalty is abolished

    -

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Introduction

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  • Country population
  • Type of government
  • Human Development Index
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Introduction

Themes
  • Country population
  • Type of government
  • Human Development Index
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Country population

8,500,000

i
2017
/ UNPD

Type of government

-

Human Development Index

0.939

i
2015
/ UNDP

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

0.5

per 100,000 inhabitants

i
2016
/ UNDP
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