International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Implementation in Switzerland
RS 0.103.2 (RO 1993 747)
Ratified on 18 June 1992
Entry into force on 18 September 1992
Message on 30 January 1992: FF 1991 I 1189/1129/925
About ICCPR
- Text of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Adopted on 16 December 1966 (Entry into force on 23 March 1976)
Ratified by 156 countries (stand May 2006) - Introductive comments and articles summaries on pdhre.org
or Comments in German on humanrights.ch
Reservations
When ratifying the ICCPR, Switzerland made nine reservations, of which five were withdrawn. Four reservations are still valid.
Optional Protocols
Switzerland did not ratify the First Optional Protocol about individial communication. It did however ratify the Second Optional Protocol aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
Reports by Switzerland
To this day, the Human Rights Committee examined two periodic reports prepared by Switzerland: the reports of 1996 and of 2001.
- First periodic report (1996-1996)
- Second periodic report (1999-2001)
- Third periodic report (2007 - ?)
Contact
- Person of contact for the NGO Report:
Christina Hausammann, Humanrights.ch / MERS, tel. 031 302 86 62, email: info at humanrights dot ch
Update: 06.07.2010
