Partial Upholding of the Appeal against Exit Restriction

Facts

The appellant [X.] (born 1987) was convicted by the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen on 21 March 2010 for attempting to bring a pyrotechnic object into the stadium. Subsequently, the St. Gallen City Police imposed a one-year radius restriction on him. Based on this, the Federal Office of Police issued an exit restriction for the period from 6 to 9 December 2010 to prevent [X.] from attending the Champions League match between FC Bayern Munich and FC Basel in Munich. [X.] appealed against this exit restriction, which the FSCA upheld as lawful on 19 February 2013.

Considerations

The SFT partially upholds the appeal. It finds that the FSCA violated the appellant's right to a decision within a reasonable time. Otherwise, it dismisses the appeal to the extent that it can be considered. The SFT deems the exit restriction…