Cultural and Religious Minorities in Switzerland
17.01.2018
The popular initiative “Yes to a ban on full facial coverings” passed narrowly with 105,553 valid signatures on 11 October 2017. The...
01.02.2017
A company in Switzerland fired a female employee because she started wearing a hijab to work. On 8 September 2016, the District Court Bern-Mittelland...
25.01.2017
(Taken from Schutzfaktor M) In its latest decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) supported the Federal Supreme Court decision and...
22.08.2012
The Cologne regional court decided that the circumcision of boys for religious reasons is an offence. The discussion has now been launched in...
12.08.2010
The complaint against Switzerland because of the ban on minarets in its constitution is void. On 8 July 2011, the European Court of Human Rights...
01.12.2009
The Swiss population accepted with more the 57% the popular initiative that introduce a ban on the construction of minarets in Switzerland on 29...
30.10.2008
The popular initiative against the construction of minarets has been submitted in accordance with the applicable regulations, but infringes guaranteed...
08.04.2008
The High Court of Schaffhausen ruled in December 2007 that a request by a Muslim father of two sons (4th and 5th grade) to exempt them from mixed...
05.10.2007
Symbolic victory for the Indigenous Peoples: the General Assembly adopted on 13 September 2007 a landmark declaration outlining the rights of the...
05.06.2007
A synagogue in Geneva was badly damaged by a fire on 24 May 2007, but no one was hurt and the main religious objects were removed intact. According...
01.01.1970
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted on 19 November 2008 its concluding observations and recommendations to Switzerland on...