Prof. Andreas Eicker’s research focuses are in the areas of fundamental questions arising from the general and special sections of the Criminal Code; supplementary criminal law and administrative law; the fundamentals and principles of criminal procedure in a national and international context; questions of establishing procedures for substantive law; sport criminal law, in particular criminal measures for doping; criminal handling of assisted suicide and euthanasia; Swiss international criminal law; questions of the Europeanisation and internationalisation of criminal law; penal system development.

 Main areas of research

• Fundamental questions arising from the general and special sections of the Criminal Code
• Supplementary and administrative criminal law
• Fundamentals and principles of criminal procedure in a national and international context
• Questions of establishing procedures for substantive criminal law