Facts
The appellant, X., has suffered from paranoid schizophrenia for years and had been repeatedly admitted to the Psychiatric Clinic [Y.] due to exacerbations of this illness through involuntary commitment. After a further admission in June 2012, the District Office [A.] discharged him from the clinic on a trial basis on September 21, 2012, with the instruction to attend an appointment at the clinic every three weeks and to receive the necessary depot medication there.
By decision of May 31, 2013, the Family Court [A.] discharged X. from involuntary commitment and obligated him, in the sense of aftercare pursuant to § 67k para. 1 lit. b in conjunction with § 67m EGZGB/AG, to attend an appointment at the Psychiatric Clinic [Y.] every three weeks until February 28, 2014, and to receive the necessary depot injections of Clopixol and Haldol there.
X. filed a complaint against this decision with the Administrative Court of the Canton of Aargau, which dismissed the complaint. X. then filed a civil law appeal to the Federal Supreme Court.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court notes that the ordered measure is not aftercare within the meaning of Art. 437 para. 1 CC, but an order for medical treatment and the obligation of the appellant to undergo this treatment. This constitutes compulsory treatment, which represents a serious interference with the physical and mental integrity of the appellant.
The Federal Supreme Court examines the proportionality of the…