Working Group for a National Human Rights Institution
Creating a Swiss national institution for human rights has been a topic of discussion for many years. More than one hundred NGOs and individuals support this initiative. In 2000, a number of these organisations, all well recognised in the Swiss landscape of human rights defence, created a working group. This group aimed at creating a human rights institution at the national level in Switzerland, as is the case in many other countries. Since then, the Working Group for a Human Rights Institution has been lobbying for this project.
The Working Group published a flyer and a position paper that specify its objectives. These documents can be found in the section Documentation of the political process.
Members of the Working Group for a Human Rights Institution:
- Amnesty International, Swiss section, represented by Alain Bovard
- Humanrights.ch / MERS, represented by Michael Marugg
- Justice and Peace Commission/Justitia et Pax, represented by Anne Durrer
- Declaration of Bern, represented by Marianne Hochuli
- Society for Threatened Peoples, represented by Fransiska Stocker
- Swiss Alliance of Development Organisations, represented by Michèle Laubscher
- Swiss Office of Help for Refugees, represented by Jürg Schertenleib
- Swiss Peace Council, represented by Ruedi Tobler
- Swiss Workers Relief Organisation, represented by Ruth Dällenbach
The coordinator of the Working Group is Michel Marugg (humanrights.ch), who can be contacted at michael dot marugg at humanrights dot ch or at info@humanrights.ch.
Media Report
- Wait goes on for a national human rights body
Swissinfo, 18 March 2006
Update: 11.08.2010
