Facts
The complainant [X.] , born on 26 September 1973, lived in a residential group in Horgen/ZH from August 2003 to June 2005 and then moved to a shared accommodation of the Phoenix Foundation for Social Psychiatry in Steinhausen/ZG. The municipality of Steinhausen rejected his registration for police registration, which was confirmed by the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zug. The complainant filed a constitutional complaint with the Federal Court, requesting recognition of his police registration in Steinhausen.
The parties involved were the complainant [X.] , the municipality of Steinhausen, the Government Council of the Canton of Zug, and the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zug. The complainant was represented by lawyer Kaspar Saner, while the municipality of Steinhausen was represented by lawyer lic. iur. Hans Hagmann.
Considerations
The Federal Court examined the constitutional complaint and came to the conclusion that the municipality of Steinhausen had violated the complainant's freedom of establishment by rejecting his registration for police registration. The court found that the complainant had his center of life in Steinhausen and that the municipality of Steinhausen was obliged to accept his registration and enter him in their registers.
The court pointed out that the freedom of establishment under Art. 24 Cst. gives every Swiss citizen the right to establish themselves in any place in Switzerland, and that the cantons and municipalities are obliged to permit every Swiss citizen to establish themselves on their territory. The court also found that police registration does not coincide with…