PROCEDURE

The case originated in an application (no. 948/12) against the Swiss Confederation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by two Kosovar nationals, Mr Sait Berisha (“the first applicant”) and Mrs Selvije Berisha (“the second applicant”), on 21 December 2011.

The applicants were represented by Mr Ph. Liechti, a lawyer practising in Lausanne. The Swiss Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr A. Scheidegger, of the Federal Office of Justice.

The applicants alleged, in particular, that the refusal by the Swiss authorities to allow their three children, R. Berisha, L. Berisha and B. Berisha, to reside in Switzerland constituted a breach of their right to respect for family life as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention. They further held that expulsion of the children, who were residing in Switzerland illegally, would violate Article 3 of the Convention. Pending proceedings before the Court the applicants therefore requested that Rule 39 of the Rules of Court be applied.

On 9 March 2012 the Vice-President of the Second Section, to which the case was allocated, decided not to apply Rule 39 of the Rules of Court but to grant priority to the application under Rule 41 of the Rules of Court.

On 29 June 2012 the application was communicated to the Government. It was also decided to rule on the admissibility and merits of the application at the same time (Article 29 § 1).

The applicants and the Government each submitted observations on the merits (Rule 59 § 1).

THE FACTS

I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE

The first applicant was born in 1967 and the second applicant in 1974, both in Kosovo. Their children R., L. and B. were also born in Kosovo in 1994, 1996 and 2003 respectively. The applicants have a fourth child, E., who was born in Switzerland in 2010. They all live in Lausanne, Canton of Vaud.

In June 1997 the first applicant entered Switzerland, where he applied for asylum. His asylum request was rejected by the Federal Office for Migration on 19 November 1997 and it ordered that he should be expelled. The expulsion was not executed, and on 21 May 1999 the first applicant received a temporary residence permit for Switzerland.

On 28 February 2000 the first applicant married a Swiss national. On 2 March 2005 he received a permanent residence permit for Switzerland. On 26 August 2006 he got divorced.

On 10 January 2007 he married the second applicant - whom he had known since 1993 and with whom he had had the three children - in Rahovec (Kosovo). The second applicant entered Switzerland on 6 April 2007 with a visa. On 7 June 2007 the first applicant applied for a residence permit for the second applicant on the ground of family reunification. The second applicant announced her arrival in Lausanne on 8 June 2007. When she filled in the arrival form she left the question regarding family members unanswered. On 6 September 2007 the Office for Migration of the Canton of Vaud (Le service de population du canton de Vaud; hereafter “the Migration Office”) granted her a residence permit valid until 5 April 2012.

On 4 December 2007 the second applicant applied to the Swiss representation in Pristina (Kosovo) for residence permits on the ground of family reunification for the three children, R., L. and B. She enclosed with the application the birth certificates of the three children, which named the first applicant as the father. On the basis of that application the Migration Office decided on 2 June 2008 to investigate the applicants’ family situation. Both applicants, as well as the first applicant’s ex-wife, were interviewed. On this occasion the ex-wife declared that the first applicant “had abused her naivety and her good will” and “had lied to her by hiding from her the fact that he had children, especially one born during their marriage”. The first applicant in turn stated that he had hidden those facts from his ex-wife because “his relationship with the second applicant was not a serious one at that time” and “he was not sure whether he was the father of the children”. Further, “[he] did not know then whether he was going to marry the second applicant”. On 18 December 2008 the second applicant wrote another letter to the Migration Office, informing it that her oldest daughter, L., had fallen seriously ill and had been hospitalised in Pristina. L.’s only relative who could care for her in Kosovo was her elderly grandmother. She therefore urged the Migration Office to decide the matter promptly. She attached a medical certificate of 11 December 2008 issued by the children’s hospital in Pristina, which stated that L. was suffering from rheumatic fever (febris rheumatica).

On 9 January 2009 the Migration Office informed the second applicant that it was minded to refuse the request for residence permits for the children on the ground of family reunification. The Migration Office held that neither she nor the first applicant had previously mentioned the existence of the three children, and it doubted whether the first applicant was in fact the father of the three children. The second applicant was however given the opportunity to contest those findings within a time-limit.

By a letter of 2 March 2009 the second applicant answered that she had never concealed the existence of her three children from the Swiss authorities. She explained that when she had entered Switzerland she had had no knowledge of the French language and had had to “improvise” when completing the entry form. That was why she had not answered the question regarding her children. However, in her personal visa application to the Swiss representation in Pristina on 13 March 2007 she had revealed the identity of her three children. She stated furthermore that her children had been mentioned regularly in the tax declarations to the Swiss authorities, and that the first applicant’s employer in Switzerland had paid child allowances for them for many years. Therefore, the Swiss authorities had always been aware of the existence of the children. As evidence she attached a copy of the tax declaration for the year 2007.

On 28 April 2009 the Migration Office refused the applicants’ request for family reunification with their children. It ruled that neither the first nor the second applicant had mentioned the existence of their three children when they entered Switzerland, and they doubted that the first applicant was the father of the three children. They established that the applicants had not conducted themselves correctly with regard to the application, and accordingly they were no longer entitled to family reunification. The applicants did not appeal against this decision and it became final.

On 15 August 2009, the three children, R., L. and B., entered Switzerland clandestinely.

On 12 April 2010 the second applicant gave birth to a fourth child, E.

By a letter of 31 May 2010 the first applicant informed the Migration Office that R., L. and B. had been living in Switzerland illegally since 15 August 2009. He explained that it had been urgent to bring them to the respondent State because L.’s chances of recovery were better in Switzerland. Furthermore, he alleged that it had been for various reasons impossible for the children to remain in their home country. On 1 June 2010 the Migration Office officially registered the entry of the three children into Switzerland on 15 August 2009, and noted that the applicants had submitted a request for residence permits for them on the ground of family reunification.

On 13 July 2010 the Migration Office informed the applicants that it intended to dismiss their request. It established that the applicants had brought the children to Switzerland illegally despite the negative decision of the Migration Office of 28 April 2009. Therefore, the applicants had acted contrary to the rules of the immigration authorities. The Migration Office also reiterated that the children’s existence had previously been concealed from the Swiss authorities, and that the paternity of the first applicant had not been established. In addition, the legal requirements for family reunification had not been met. According to Article 47 (1) together with Article 47 (3b) of the new Foreign Nationals Act (see below, § 31), the right to family reunification had to be exercised within five years after the granting of a residence permit to the family member. This time-limit was only twelve months if the children were more than twelve years old. The request regarding R. and L., aged fifteen and fourteen respectively at the time of the application, was therefore late. Conversely, the request for B., aged seven at that time, was within the set time-limit. The Migration Office however found that, according to Rule 6.8 of the Federal Directive regarding family reunification, the purpose of a residence permit on the ground of family reunification was to enable all the members of a family to live together in the respondent State. Since R. and L. did not fulfil the prerequisites for a residence permit, it was not possible for the whole family to live together in Switzerland. Therefore, in the case of B. the requirements for family reunification were not met either. The Migration Office further added that, given that the second applicant had been granted a residence permit on 6 September 2007, the applicants had waited quite a while before applying for family reunification, and they had not cited any other important family reasons for seeking reunification. Finally, they established that R., L. and B. had lived their entire lives in their home country of Kosovo, where they had attended school, that the two oldest siblings would soon attain the age of majority and that in the circumstances of the case it remained doubtful whether it had always been the applicants’ true intention to construct family life in Switzerland. The Migration Office gave the applicants another opportunity to contest those findings.

By a letter of 29 July 2010 the applicants informed the Migration Office that they wanted to maintain their request. They affirmed that the children had come to live in Switzerland because their grandmother, with whom they had been living in Kosovo, was old and could no longer care for them. Furthermore, it had always been the intention of the applicants to be reunited with their children once the second applicant had obtained a residence permit in Switzerland; this was illustrated by the first request for family reunification, made on 4 December 2007. They held that they could not be reproached with tardiness in applying for family reunification, because it was the Migration Office which had taken a year and four months to decide on the first application. They further reiterated that they had never attempted to deceive as to the existence of the children, and they indicated that a refusal to issue residence permits to the three children would breach Article 8 of the Convention and be against their best interests as children as established in Article 3 (1), 8 (1), 9 (1) and 10 (1) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (see below § 33). Finally, they drew attention to the birth of the applicants’ fourth child and the risk that a refusal of family reunification would separate the siblings.

By a decision of 23 August 2010 the Migration Office rejected the applicants’ request for family reunification with their three children, on the grounds given previously. It further ordered that the children had to leave Switzerland within a month of the notification of the decision.

The applicants and their children appealed against this decision to the Cantonal Administrative Court of the Canton of Vaud (“the Cantonal Court”). They attached Swiss school certificates for R., L. and B. which stated that they were well integrated in Switzerland. In particular, the applicants reiterated that, if returned to their home country, the children would be obliged to live in an orphanage, because their grandmother was no longer able to care for them. Furthermore, they stated that the first applicant had always been officially recognised as the father of the children and that he had regularly visited them and financially supported them in Kosovo as well as now in Switzerland.

At the Cantonal Court’s request, a DNA examination was conducted. In a report of 30 December 2010 the University Centre of Legal Medicine Lausanne-Geneva established that the applicants were indeed the parents of the three children.

By a fax of 22 February 2011 the Cantonal Court asked the Swiss embassy in Pristina to send it a copy of the visa application the second applicant had made on 13 March 2007, in which she had allegedly mentioned the existence of her three children. In its answer the embassy informed the Cantonal Court that it could not provide a copy of the visa application because in accordance with internal instructions it had been destroyed after two years.

By a decision of 23 March 2011 the Cantonal Court dismissed the applicants’ appeal. It first concluded that the decision of the Migration Office of 28 April 2009 had indeed become final. Therefore, only the facts as presented by the request for family reunification made on 1 June 2010 were relevant. On the merits, the Cantonal Court established that the domestic law indicated that the request for residence permits on the ground of family reunification for R. and L. had been submitted late. Residence permits could therefore only be issued to them if there were important family reasons as set out in Article 47 (4) of the Foreign Nationals Act. According to Article 75 of the Federal Ordinance “Admission, Residence and Exercise of a Lucrative Activity” (see below, § 32) - the operative provision to Article 47 (4) of the Foreign Nationals Act - “important family reasons” were given when the best interests of the child could only be guaranteed by family reunification in Switzerland. The Cantonal Court however considered that in the case of R. and L. no such important family reasons could be identified; in particular, the positive development of L.’s recovery would not justify the permanent establishment of the children in Switzerland. Regarding the request of B., the Cantonal Court reiterated that in application of Article 96 (1) of the Foreign Nationals Act (see below § 31), the applicants had failed to establish that their private interest in a family reunification outweighed the public interest of the respondent State in controlling the entry of foreigners into its territory, although the second applicant had applied within the legal time-limit. In particular, it held: that in light of the statements made by the first applicant’s ex-wife, the applicants had engaged in deliberate deception between July 1997 and December 2007 as regards the existence of their three children; that according to Article 51 (2) and 62 (a) of the Foreign Nationals Act (see below § 31) this dissimulation alone justified the refusal of the children’s residence permits, because it breached public order; that the applicants had illegally brought the children to Switzerland and thereby presented the authorities with a fait accompli; that the applicants had not substantiated the age of the children’s grandmother in Kosovo and had not produced any medical evidence that the grandmother was no longer in a position to care for them; and that neither the birth of the fourth child nor the three children’s positive (Swiss) school certificates were decisive elements which would justify the issuing of residence permits. The application for residence permits for the three children should therefore be dismissed.

The applicants and their children appealed to the Federal Supreme Court against the Cantonal Court’s decision. They argued in particular that the Cantonal Court had not considered whether the refusal of the residence permits for the children was in breach of Article 8 of the Convention. Furthermore, they claimed that expulsion of the three children would violate Article 3 of the Convention, because in their home country the children would have to be dependent on social services or be sent to an orphanage.

By a decision of 18 November 2011 the Federal Supreme Court rejected the applicants’ appeal. It endorsed the Cantonal Court’s findings, and ruled that the refusal of the residence permits was proportionate under domestic law as well as under Article 8 of the Convention. It further ruled that the applicants’ claim of a breach of Article 3 of the Convention in the event of the children’s expulsion to Kosovo was manifestly ill-founded.

By a letter of 29 February 2012 the applicants addressed the Court requesting that, pending the proceedings before it, the Swiss Government be invited to revoke the expulsion of their three children. By a letter of 12 March 2012 the applicants were informed that their request for the application of Rule 39 of the Rules of the Court had been dismissed but that their application had been granted priority.

In addition to the documents produced in the domestic proceedings, the applicants also submitted to the Court new certificates from the schools where B. and L. were enrolled. With respect to B., the school certificates of the primary school of 15 February 2012 and 13 December 2012 indicated that she was an excellent student, speaking French fluently and being well integrated. Her teacher expressed incomprehension regarding the proposed expulsion, and stated that it would be against B.’s best interests as a child. Regarding L., the Director of the secondary school (établissement secondaire) wrote in a certificate dated 8 February 2012 that L. was very well integrated and that her high marks would presuppose her entry into high school (le lycée) the following school year.

On 17 July 2012 the cantonal authorities of the Canton of Vaud issued a permanent residence permit to the second applicant.

By a letter of 18 April 2013 the applicants’ lawyer confirmed that R., L. and B. were still residing in Switzerland.
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001-122978_a11_em90
MISC
QUASI
French
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e11
001-122978_a11_em91
DEM
NO_MASK
Swiss
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e44
001-122978_a11_em92
LOC
QUASI
Pristina
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e51
001-122978_a11_em93
DATETIME
QUASI
13 March 2007
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e11
001-122978_a11_em94
DEM
NO_MASK
Swiss
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em95
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e52
001-122978_a11_em96
DATETIME
NO_MASK
many years
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e11
001-122978_a11_em97
DEM
NO_MASK
Swiss
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e53
001-122978_a11_em98
DATETIME
NO_MASK
year 2007
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e54
001-122978_a11_em99
DATETIME
QUASI
28 April 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em100
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em101
ORG
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e55
001-122978_a11_em102
DATETIME
QUASI
15 August 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em103
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em104
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em105
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em106
ORG
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e56
001-122978_a11_em107
DATETIME
QUASI
12 April 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e57
001-122978_a11_em108
DATETIME
QUASI
31 May 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em109
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em110
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em111
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em112
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em113
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e55
001-122978_a11_em114
DATETIME
QUASI
15 August 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em115
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em116
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e58
001-122978_a11_em117
DATETIME
QUASI
1 June 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em118
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em119
ORG
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e55
001-122978_a11_em120
DATETIME
QUASI
15 August 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e59
001-122978_a11_em121
DATETIME
QUASI
13 July 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em122
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em123
ORG
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em124
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e54
001-122978_a11_em125
DATETIME
QUASI
28 April 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em126
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e11
001-122978_a11_em127
DEM
NO_MASK
Swiss
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e60
001-122978_a11_em128
DATETIME
NO_MASK
five years
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e61
001-122978_a11_em129
DATETIME
NO_MASK
only twelve months
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-122978_a11_e62
001-122978_a11_em130
DEM
NO_MASK
more than twelve years old
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em131
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em132
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e63
001-122978_a11_em133
DEM
QUASI
fifteen
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e64
001-122978_a11_em134
DEM
QUASI
fourteen
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em135
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e65
001-122978_a11_em136
DEM
QUASI
seven
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em137
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em138
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em139
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em140
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em141
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em142
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e40
001-122978_a11_em143
DATETIME
QUASI
6 September 2007
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em144
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em145
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em146
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e19
001-122978_a11_em147
LOC
QUASI
Kosovo
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em148
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em149
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e66
001-122978_a11_em150
DATETIME
QUASI
29 July 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em151
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em152
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e19
001-122978_a11_em153
LOC
QUASI
Kosovo
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em154
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e43
001-122978_a11_em155
DATETIME
QUASI
4 December 2007
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em156
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e67
001-122978_a11_em157
DATETIME
NO_MASK
year and four months
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e68
001-122978_a11_em158
DATETIME
QUASI
23 August 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em159
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em160
ORG
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em161
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Administrative Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e25
001-122978_a11_em162
LOC
QUASI
Canton of Vaud
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em163
ORG
NO_MASK
001-122978_a11_em161
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e11
001-122978_a11_em164
DEM
NO_MASK
Swiss
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em165
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em166
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em167
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em168
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e19
001-122978_a11_em169
LOC
QUASI
Kosovo
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em170
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em171
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e70
001-122978_a11_em172
DATETIME
QUASI
30 December 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e71
001-122978_a11_em173
ORG
QUASI
University Centre of Legal Medicine Lausanne-Geneva
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e72
001-122978_a11_em174
DATETIME
QUASI
22 February 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em175
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e11
001-122978_a11_em176
DEM
NO_MASK
Swiss
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e44
001-122978_a11_em177
LOC
QUASI
Pristina
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e51
001-122978_a11_em178
DATETIME
QUASI
13 March 2007
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em179
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e73
001-122978_a11_em180
DATETIME
NO_MASK
two years
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e74
001-122978_a11_em181
DATETIME
QUASI
23 March 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em182
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e41
001-122978_a11_em183
ORG
NO_MASK
Migration Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e54
001-122978_a11_em184
DATETIME
QUASI
28 April 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e58
001-122978_a11_em185
DATETIME
QUASI
1 June 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em186
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em187
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em188
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em189
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em190
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em191
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em192
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em193
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em194
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em195
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em196
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e75
001-122978_a11_em197
DATETIME
QUASI
July 1997 and December 2007
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em198
ORG
NO_MASK
Switzerland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e19
001-122978_a11_em199
LOC
QUASI
Kosovo
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e11
001-122978_a11_em200
DEM
NO_MASK
Swiss
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e76
001-122978_a11_em201
ORG
NO_MASK
Federal Supreme Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em202
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em203
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e77
001-122978_a11_em204
DATETIME
QUASI
18 November 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e76
001-122978_a11_em205
ORG
NO_MASK
Federal Supreme Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e69
001-122978_a11_em206
ORG
NO_MASK
Cantonal Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e19
001-122978_a11_em207
LOC
QUASI
Kosovo
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e78
001-122978_a11_em208
DATETIME
QUASI
29 February 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em209
ORG
NO_MASK
Swiss Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e79
001-122978_a11_em210
DATETIME
QUASI
12 March 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em211
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em212
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em213
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e80
001-122978_a11_em214
DATETIME
QUASI
15 February 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e81
001-122978_a11_em215
DATETIME
QUASI
13 December 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-122978_a11_e50
001-122978_a11_em216
MISC
NO_MASK
French
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em217
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em218
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e82
001-122978_a11_em219
DATETIME
QUASI
8 February 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em220
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e83
001-122978_a11_em221
DATETIME
QUASI
17 July 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122978_a11_e25
001-122978_a11_em222
LOC
QUASI
Canton of Vaud
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e84
001-122978_a11_em223
DATETIME
QUASI
18 April 2013
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e12
001-122978_a11_em224
PERSON
NO_MASK
R.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e13
001-122978_a11_em225
PERSON
NO_MASK
L.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e14
001-122978_a11_em226
PERSON
NO_MASK
B.
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122978_a11_e2
001-122978_a11_em227
LOC
NO_MASK
Switzerland
Sait Berisha
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