<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (German: Bundesgericht, French: Tribunal fédéral, Italian: Tribunale federale, Romansh: Tribunal federal (help info)) is the supreme court of the Swiss Confederation . As part of the judiciary, it is one of the three branches of government in Switzerland's political system . </P> <P> It is headquartered in the Federal Courthouse in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud . The two social security divisions of the Federal Supreme Court (formerly Federal Insurance Court, as an organizationally independent unit of the Federal Supreme Court), are located in Lucerne . The United Federal Assembly elects 38 federal justices to the Federal Supreme Court . The current president of the court is Ulrich Meyer . </P> <P> The Federal Supreme Court is the final arbiter on disputes in the field of civil law (citizens - citizens), the public arena (citizen - state), as well as in disputes between cantons or between cantons and the Confederation . Decisions in the field of human rights violation can be appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg . </P>

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