Address list for counselling on human rights issues
General information
- Contact point for human rights issues of the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
c/o Katri Hoch, HEKS Zurich, Tel. 044 360 88 43, katri dot hoch at heks dot ch
Free legal advice by lawyer's associations
In many municipalities cantonal lawyer's organisations offer free legal advice:
- Legal advice service Anwaltskollektiv Zurich (billable but low priced)
Aid for victims of violence
Ombuds offices
Ombuds offices exist but in some cities (Zurich, Winterthur, Bern, St. Gallen) and cantons (BS, BL, VD, ZG, ZH)
Pre-trial detention / Detention
- Criminal defence emergency service Zurich
- Criminal defence emergency service Basel; Tel. 061 272 02 02, email pikett dot strafverteidigung at hzt dot ch
- Reform 91 (support group for prisoners' rights); Tel. 052 722 10 30 / 079 434 91 92
- Advice centre for education in the penal system (BiSt); Tel. 041 240 78 68
- Social counselling in prisons of the canton of Zurich; Tel. 043 259 81 11
- Verein Neustart (probation and financial reorganisation support in the Basel region); Tel. 061 281 37 00
- Salvation Army prisoners' support service; Tel. 031 388 05 91
Police violence
- Amnesty International Switzerland (AI); Tel. 031 307 22 22
Problems abroad
Children and youths
- Lawyers' network for children and youths (representation and counselling in legal matters); Tel. 052 262 70 53
- Swiss Foundation for the Protection of Children, Tel. 031 398 10 10, beratung at kinderschutz dot ch
Discrimination of women
- List of all federal, cantonal and communal offices for the equality of women
- List of women's shelters in Switzerland
- List of help desks for men / against male violence
- Forced marriages:
www.zwangsheirat.ch
www.terre-des-femmes.ch
Discrimination of men
- Men's shelter "Zwüschehalt"; Tel. 079 645 95 54
Socially
disadvantaged people
Racial discrimination
- SOS Rassismus (German-speaking Switzerland) , Tel: 0800 55 44 43 (free emergency number)
- Federal Commission against Racism
- List of help desks (searchable)
Refugees / Migrants / Deportation
- Advice centre for foreign nationals, Basel; Tel. 061 206 92 22
- augenauf; augenauf Basel: Tel. 061 681 55 22; augenauf Bern: Tel. 031 332 02 35; augenauf St. Gallen: Tel. 0878 800 135; augenauf Zurich: Tel. 01 241 11 77
- FIZ Advocacy and Support for Migrant Women and Victims of Trafficking; Tel. 044 436 90 00
- Information office for foreigners' affairs Tel. 031 310 12 70
- Salvation Army helpdesk; Tel. 031 380 18 80
- List of legal advisory services for asylum seekers
- Swiss Refugee Council; Tel. 031 370 75 75
- Solidarité sans frontières; Tel. 031 311 07 70
- Undocumented migrants:
Bern advisory centre for undocumented migrants; Tel. 031 385 18 27, E-Mail
Zurich advisory centre for undocumented migrants; Tel. 043 243 95 78
Basel avisory centre for undocumented migrants; Tel. 061 681 56 10
SPAGAT-Sans-papiers contact centre; Tel.062 836 30 90 - Support for torture victims, Tel. 044 255 52 80
Intercultural conflicts
- TikK Taskforce for Intercultural Conflicts; Tel. 044 291 65 75
Discrimination of persons with disabilities and mental illnesses
- AGILE, Self-help group for persons with disabilities; Tel. 031 390 39 39
- Egalité Handicap, free legal advice concerning the equality law for persons with disabilities; Tel. 031 398 50 34
- Insieme, for human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities; Tel. 032 322 17 14
- Psychex, for problems concerning psychiatric hospitals; Tel. 0848 00 00 33
- Pro Mente Sana (Counselling for mentally impaired persons); Counselling hotline 0848 800 858
Mobbing
- Helpdesk for mobbing prevention (M.E.B.); Tel. 044 261 49 77
