Federal Social Insurance Office
International Affairs
International Organisations section

Address

Effingerstrasse 20
3003 Bern
http://www.bsv.admin.ch/themen/internationales/00083/inde...


Contact person

Claudina Mascetta
031 322 91 98
claudina dot mascetta at bsv dot admin dot ch


Operating range

  • International

Relevant duties in the context of human rights

  • Social rights, in particular the right to social security
  • Swiss government's representative in the European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS) and in the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) of the Council of Europe

Main work in the human rights field

  • Information / Documentation
  • legal expertise

Issues our organisation works on

  • Social rights / social security / social policiy

International Reference

UN

  • Human Rights Council
  • Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
  • Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW)
  • Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
  • ILO