OpenCaseLaw — Swiss Caselaw, Statutes & Doctrine

 ⟨8 unchanged words⟩  doc_id (e.g. 'estv_ks_ks_nr_28', 'sem_weisungen_weisungen-aug-d', 'bsv_weisungen_6930_v20_de', 'seco_alv_avig_ale_de', 'un_uhri_3f3a9db7-5e9a-416f-ad28-8c8f97a8322c_en'). Returns full body text, title, date ⟨12 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨77 unchanged words⟩ — the Committee's docket is entirely importance 4. UN treaty bodies (decisions on individual communications, all States, FR or EN): untb_ccpr, untb_cat, untb_cerd, untb_cedaw, untb_crc, untb_crpd, untb_cescr, untb_ced; unwgad = Working Group on Arbitrary Detention opinions (2010-); canton='CH' for cases against Switzerland. Cantonal: zh_obergericht, be_verwaltungsgericht, etc.","type": ⟨542 unchanged words⟩ 

 ⟨343 unchanged words⟩ "default":null,"title":"Regeste"},"regeste_source":{"anyOf":[{"type":"string"},{"type":"null"}],"default":null,"description":"Set only when `regeste` was not stored on this record itself but copied verbatim from a safely-linked representation named here (design doc §4) — e.g. a cantonal procedure-number record harvesting the headnote from its decision-number twin. Cite the requested decision, never this id.","title":"Regeste Source"},"representations":{"anyOf":[{"items":{"additionalProperties":true,"type":"object"},"type":"array"},{"type":"null"}],"default":null,"description":"Other safely-linked representations of this same canonical decision (e.g. a cantonal portal's procedure number vs. its decision number) that search collapsed into this one hit, each as {decision_id, relation_type, evidence_method, confidence, source_url}. Present only on a row that actually folded another one in; absent otherwise, including when this record is itself an unfolded member or canonical.","title":"Representations"},"rule_statement":{"anyOf":[{"type":"string ⟨395 unchanged words⟩ 

Use this tool when the question involvesfor federal ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE (Verwaltungspraxis): Wegleitungen, Kreisschreiben, Weisungen, Rundschreiben — agency guidance, not court decisions. 9,900+ documents. Covereddocuments: BSV (AHV/IV/EL/EO/FamZ/BVG Wegleitungen, Kreisschreiben, Mitteilungen, every version), OAK BV (BVG Weisungen, Mitteilungen, drafts), WEKO (Bekanntmachungen, Erläuterungen, all versions), SECO (ArG commentary, AVIG-Praxis), BAG (KVG Kreisschreiben), SEM (Weisungen AIG/Asyl/BüG, Handbuch Asyl), BJ (SchKG Weisungen, Existenzminimum), FINMA, ESTV, BAFU;BAFU. countsAlso inUN texts: recommendations to Switzerland (source='un_uhri': concluding observations, UPR with the filterSwiss enums.position, SPT, special procedures) and treaty-body General Comments (source='un_gc'). Returns ranked excerpts with: authority, number, date, PDF link. Superseded versions collapse to the newest per document;newest; for past conduct pass include_superseded=true and take the version dated before the facts.include_superseded=true. NOT covered: cantonal administrations — Sozialhilfe (SKOS, cantonal Handbücher)Sozialhilfe/SKOS, Prämienverbilligung (IPV) — say so, do not imply absence of guidance.so. Pre-2017UN federalcomplaint decisions: search_decisions(court='ch_vb'court='untb_*'). VPB/JAAC (pre-2017): not in the corpus yet; say so.

 ⟨77 unchanged words⟩ OAK BV Anhörungen: drafts, not in force), concluding_observations (UN treaty bodies), upr_recommendation (UN UPR), visit_report (UN SPT + special procedures), general_comment / general_recommendation (UN treaty bodies, un_gc), country_guidance (UNHCR).","enum":["wegleitung","rundschreiben", ⟨13 unchanged words⟩ ,"erlass","bekanntmachung","erlaeuterung","entwurf","concluding_observations","upr_recommendation","visit_report","general_comment","general_recommendation","country_guidance"],"type":"string"},"include_superseded":{ ⟨63 unchanged words⟩ OAK BV (BVG supervision: Weisungen, Mitteilungen). UN-* = the UN body that addressed the recommendation to Switzerland: UN-UPR (~1,450, Universal Periodic Review), UN-CAT (Committee against Torture), UN-CCPR (Human Rights Committee), UN-CESCR, UN-CERD, UN-CEDAW, UN-CRC, UN-CRPD, UN-CED, UN-SPT (Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture), UN-SPECIAL PROCEDURES (special rapporteurs, working groups).","enum":["FINMA","SECO"," ⟨4 unchanged words⟩ BAG","BJ","WEKO","OAK BV","UN-UPR","UN-CRC","UN-CEDAW","UN-SPT","UN-CAT","UN-CESCR","UN-CERD","UN-CCPR","UN-CRPD","UN-CED","UN-CMW","UN-SPECIAL PROCEDURES","UNHCR"],"type":"string"},"language":{"description":"OPTIONAL filter (de/fr/itde/fr/it; en for UN and some FINMA documents). Omit (recommended default) to search across ⟨127 unchanged words⟩ M, every version, Informationsschreiben/FAQ, Anhörungsentwürfe, DE/FR/IT), un_uhri (UN treaty-body, UPR and special-procedure recommendations and concerns addressed to Switzerland, from OHCHR's Universal Human Rights Index: one row per paragraph, ~3,350, EN/FR only — query in English or French; doc_number like 'CAT/C/CHE/CO/8, para. 9'; rows titled '[UHRI summary …]' are UHRI digests of pre-2012 reports, not the UN's words), un_gc (General Comments and General Recommendations of every UN treaty body — CCPR, CESCR, CAT, CERD, CEDAW, CRC, CRPD, CED, CMW, SPT — ~214 documents, FR and EN, doc_number = UN symbol, e.g. 'CAT/C/GC/4'; old ones under OHCHR's INT/ symbols), un_ch_translations (the federal offices' German translations of UN concluding observations on Switzerland — CAT 2010, CCPR 2009/2017, CESCR 2019, CERD 2021, CEDAW 2003/2022, CRC 2015/2021, SPT 2019; CRPD 2022 in Italian — not authoritative, doc_number = the UN symbol as in un_uhri), unhcr_country (UNHCR country guidance — International Protection Considerations, Eligibility Guidelines, Guidance Notes, Positions on Returns — every edition, EN plus UNHCR's DE/FR versions, for Afghanistan, Eritrea, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria; one doc_number per country, so include_superseded gives the edition in force at the time)

Use this tool to retrieveRetrieve and quote the VERBATIM text of federal Materialien: Federal Council Botschaften, Berichte and Stellungnahmen des Bundesrates, parliamentary committee reports, Erlassentwürfe — and the Vernehmlassung documents: Erläuternde Berichte, Vorlagen, Ergebnisberichte, Stellungnahmen (legislative2,500+ messagesprocedures from Fedlex). WhereEach get_article_purposehit answersis 'whytagged does`doc_type`; Art.filter Xwith exist?'doc_type, thisdefault toolall. answersBundesblatt 'showhits mecome everyin Botschaft`results` passage(bbl_citation, abouttitle, TOPICpublication_date X'.from UsefulFedlex whenwhere theavailable caller— doesn't`publication_date_source` knowsays whichwhether SR/articleit tois askFedlex's fordate or only the BBl year — e.g.page, startingsection, fromarticle aanchor); conceptVernehmlassung likepassages 'Vaterschaftsurlaub'come in `vernehmlassung_results` (or 'Klimaschutz'.in Returns`results` rankedwhen passagesdoc_type (FTS5is BM25a Vernehmlassung type), with bbl_citation,the page,whole sectionparagraph path`text`, andPDF anpage, articleprocedure anchortitle, wheredates, theoffice parserand couldFedlex identifyELI one.link. QuoteUse verbatim;it everywhen snippetstarting hasfrom a stable Fedlexconcept ELIrather URI.than Whenan noSR/article paragraph(get_article_purpose carriesanswers every'why term,does theArt. pageX isexist?'). relaxedQuote toverbatim. rankedNo ORparagraph andwith flaggedevery `filters_relaxedterm: true`ranked withOR, aflagged `note`.`filters_relaxed`.

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 ⟨43 unchanged words⟩  'outside this index', not 'no materials exist'. Each hit names its source message (bbl_ref, title, publication_date from Fedlex where available, with `publication_date_source`). Prefer search_botschaft, which covers all 6,154 Federal Council messages plus Berichte, Stellungnahmen, committee reports, Erlassentwürfe and the Vernehmlassung documents (Erläuternde Berichte, Ergebnisberichte) verbatim (filter by doc_type), or get_materialien(law_code) for the messagesdocuments linked to one statute.

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