Federal Social Insurance Office
Federal Commission for Children and Youth Affairs
Address
Effingerstrasse 20
3003 Bern
http://www.ekkj.ch
Contact person
Marion Nolde
Secretary
031 322 92 26
E-Mail
Further contacts
Andrea Ledergerber Lüber
Secretary
031 322 79 80
E-Mail
Operating range
- National
Relevant duties in the context of human rights
- Promotes the Swiss implementation of the integral UN children’s rights convention; involved in the development of a coordinated national child and youth policy.
- Focuses over the last few years: right of the child to be heard, youth sexuality, poverty and social exclusion, integration of children and youths with migration background, youth and employment; youth and violence; children and youth participation.
- Voices needs specific to children and youths in the scope of consultations.
- Advises the federal authorities on child and youth specific questions; provides general information on children and youths; participates in expert groups; commends selected projects (i.e. the Federal Youth Parliamentary Assembly).
- Cooperation on national level (with children and youth NGOs; the national conference of the cantonal children and youth secretaries; federal authorities and administration; various commissions, etc.) and one-off commitments on international level
Main work in the human rights field
- Lobbying / Networking / Human rights policies
Protection of vulnerable groups
- Children and adolescents
Issues our organisation works on
- Children’s rights / Child labour / children / teenagers
International Reference
UN
- Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Current projects with human rights focus
- Focus 2010 - 2011: children's rights in Switzerland, specially the right to be heard
- Focus 2008 - 2009: youth sexuality in the course of time
Publications on human rights issues
Reports and publications:
- German:
- French:
- Italian:
