Federal Act
on the Federal Assembly
(Parliament Act, ParlA)

¹ The Ju­di­ciary Com­mit­tee is re­spons­ible for the pre­par­a­tion for the ap­point­ment and re­mov­al from of­fice of:

a.

judges of the fed­er­al courts;

b.

mem­bers of the Su­per­vis­ory Au­thor­ity for the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land;

c.

the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land and the depu­ties of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land;

d.⁵⁰

the Fed­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion and In­form­a­tion Com­mis­sion­er (the Com­mis­sion­er).⁵¹

² It is­sues pub­lic in­vit­a­tions for ap­plic­a­tions for va­cant po­s­i­tions as fed­er­al judges, the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land, the depu­ties of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land and the Com­mis­sion­er.⁵² If the law per­mits part-time po­s­i­tions, the level of oc­cu­pa­tion is stated in the in­vit­a­tion to ap­ply.⁵³

³ The Ju­di­ciary Com­mit­tee sub­mits its elec­tion nom­in­a­tions and pro­pos­als for re­mov­al from of­fice to the United Fed­er­al As­sembly.

⁴ It de­term­ines the de­tails of the em­ploy­ment con­tracts of the judges, the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land, or the depu­ties of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land.⁵⁴

⁵ Each par­lia­ment­ary group has the right to at least one seat on the Com­mit­tee.

⁶ The Con­trol Com­mit­tees and the Fin­ance Del­eg­a­tion shall no­ti­fy the Ju­di­ciary Com­mit­tee of find­ings that raise ser­i­ous ques­tions as to the pro­fes­sion­al or per­son­al suit­ab­il­ity of judges, the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land, the depu­ties of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land, and the Com­mis­sion­er.⁵⁵