Ludwig A. Minelli

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Ludwig Amadeus Minelli (born December 5, 1932 in Zurich ) is a Swiss lawyer and journalist .

Life

After graduating from high school, Ludwig A. Minelli first worked in his father's painting business before gaining further professional experience with an accounting firm and the Swiss Safe Company. From 1956 to 1959 he worked as a journalist for the Zurich daily newspaper Die Tat , then from 1959 to 1960 for the tabloid Blick . From 1960 to 1961 he was assistant director at the Munich publishing house Kindler & Schiermeyer, 1961 to 1964 editor for the domestic service of United Press International in Zurich and between 1964 and 1974 first Switzerland correspondent for the German news magazine Der Spiegel .

Minelli studied law at the University of Zurich at a late stage (graduating in 1981) and at the age of 54 became a lawyer specializing in human rights .

In 1978 he founded the Swiss Society for the European Convention on Human Rights (SGEMKO). The judgments of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court , known as Minelli I ( BGE  99 Ia 262 ), Minelli II ( BGE  102 Ia 279 ) and Minelli III ( BGE  118 Ia 64 ), are significant for the living conditions of prisoners . They are also examples of the possibility in Switzerland of subjecting cantonal enactments to a review of their compliance with the Federal Constitution within 30 days of their promulgation in the procedure of abstract norm review by appeal to the Federal Supreme Court. Since June 1981, he edited the published by the SGEMKO Quartalschrift man and law , the one Reprints No. 1-133 in November 2014 in the form under the title. A third of a century ECHR practice and Switzerland - Sharp observed in Dike Verlag is published as a book .

In 1998 he founded the Dignitas association in Zurich , which offers people who want to die, especially those from abroad, assisted suicide .

Minelli is co-editor of the journal Enlightenment and Criticism . The writer and film director Michèle Minelli is his daughter. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation .

Works (selection)

  • The parliamentary initiative according to Art. 93 of the Federal Constitution. Origin, essence, purpose. Zurich 1965.
  • The sonic boom: what it is; what he does; why it must be banned. Federal Action Committee against the Sonic Boom of Civilian Aircraft, Zollikon 1969 (without author's name)
  • with Manfred Kuhn and Edmond Tondeur: The Zurich airport problem. A documentation for the formation of judgments of the politician and the citizen. SERPZ, Höri 1970.
  • Switzerland, Liechtenstein . Publishing house for literature and current affairs, Hanover 1972.
  • with Carl M. Holliger: The brave soldier K .: Experiences of Captain Kollbrunner in active service. Reich, Lucerne 1980, ISBN 3-7243-0188-X .
  • Obscene in federal court. The case law of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court on Article 204 of the Swiss Criminal Code. With 44 cartoons by Erich Gruber. Hecht, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-85724-014-8 .
  • Dina chases a pant leg. Family experiences with animals. Haupt, Bern 1990.
  • Overview of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 1960/1994. Forch 1995.
  • Reminiscences from the life of a private politician . In: Hans Baumgartner, René Schuhmacher (ed.): Law, power and society. Justice and Politics. Rio, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-907668-64-2 .
  • The international law prohibition of increasing tuition fees or the introduction or reintroduction of school fees. Action Committee Against Middle School Funds, Forch 1996.
  • with Frank Johnigk and others: The fair trial according to Art. 6 ECHR. Schmidt, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-504-65517-8 .
  • The thoughtless philosopher. In: Enlightenment and Criticism . No. 2/2006, pp. 51-62 ( gkpn.de PDF; 44 kB).
  • as editor: Keenly observed. A third century of ECHR practice and Switzerland. Dike, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03751-688-1 .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adrian Riklin: "Minelli contre Suisse". It started with a simple branch telephone book. In: WOZ The weekly newspaper . No. 15 of April 13, 2017, pp. 6/7.
  2. ↑ Silvana Guanziroli: This woman walks over corpses. In: SonntagsBlick . October 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Minelli, Ludwig A. (short biography) Lawyer, journalist, Dignitas founder. In: Humanistic press service. 2015, accessed November 7, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Minelli, Ludwig A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Minelli, Ludwig Amadeus (full name); Minelli, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich