UN Conventions and Protocols related to Human Rights not yet ratified by Switzerland
Please find below indications on United Nations (UN) instruments related to human rights that have not yet been ratified by Switzerland. A summary is well presented in this document in German (pdf, 3 pages).
International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance
The Convention adopted on 20 December 2006 by the UN General Assembly is devised as a legally binding instrument against enforced disappearance of persons. Text of the Convention for the Protection...
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
On 13 December 2006 the UN Assembly General has approved of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention is based on internationally accepted human rights treaties, guaran...
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW)
Adopted on 18 December 1990 (entry into force on 1 July 2003)
Text of the Convention
Ratified by 38 countries (stand September 2008)
Not ratified by Switzerland
To this day, ...
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Right to Individual Communication (ICCPR-OP1))
Adopted on 16 December 1966 (entry into force on 23 March 1976) The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR-OP1) was neither signed not ratified b...
