Facts
The case concerns the request of Josef Meichtry to consult the final report and the records of the administrative investigation conducted on behalf of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) regarding the investigations and the criminal proceedings of 1979 against Swami Omkarananda and Meichtry himself for a dynamite attack in Winterthur. Meichtry had been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the Federal Criminal Court. The administrative investigation had concluded that in the criminal proceedings, the requirements of a fair trial had not been fully met in all respects and that the Federal Criminal Court had remained unaware of some relatively important facts that could have influenced the assessment of guilt and the determination of the sentence.Considerations
The Federal Tribunal considers that Meichtry has a legitimate interest in consulting the report and the records of the administrative investigation. On the one hand, he has a legitimate interest in personally understanding the elements that emerged from the investigation and in relating them to his own trial, in order to verify whether and to what extent any procedural deficiencies found have also affected his case. On the other hand, he has an interest in consulting the documents to assess the possibility of initiating procedures aimed at obtaining compensation, rehabilitation…