National policy: miscellaneous
Human rights committee’s recommendations to Switzerland
[01.12.2009]
On October 30th 2009, the UN human rights committee – which is responsible for the monitoring of UN Covenant on civil and political rights &ndas...
Fusion of InfoSud and Human Rights Tribune
[21.09.2009]
In recognition of the fact that it is now impossible to separate today's global trends from human rights, the complementary online media InfoSud...
Swiss NGOs Launch Petition Against Forced Disappearances
[10.09.2009]
Switzerland must rapidly sign the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. This is what twenty-one non-...
Humanrights.ch Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
[29.07.2009]
During the summer of 2009, the association Humanrights.ch celebrates its tenth anniversary. This was an occasion to edit a booklet portraying the path...
Amnesty International Report 2009
[03.06.2009]
Presented on 28 Mai 2009, the latest annual report of the international human rights organisation presents the dramatic effects of the economic cris...
ABC of Human Rights
[29.12.2008]
The Federal Department of Federal Affairs (FDFA) presented a booklet intituled «ABC of Human Rights» at the occasion of the 60th a...
Swiss Constitution in English
[17.09.2008]
The Federal Chancellery informed mid September that it published a fully revised English translation of the Federal Constitution. This complements t...
Third Country Report to the HRC quietly published
[25.03.2008]
Switzerland delivered its third state report concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to the Human Rights Committ...
Civil service without assessment of conscience
[11.03.2008]
On 27 February 2008, the Federal Council proposed a legislative change regulating conscientious objection. It decided that the assessment that men h...
Paul Grueninger Prize 2007
[27.11.2007]
The Paul Grueninger Foundation awarded their annual prize to two persons from Uzbekistan for exceptional acts of humanity and courage. The foundatio...
Amnesty International Report 2007
[25.05.2007]
The human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) launched in London its annual assessment of human rights in 152 countries, including Switze...
'Realizing Property Rights'
[26.10.2006]
Property rights are human rights. This is what highlights the first volume of the new Swiss Human Rights Book series. It is edited under the auspice...
A new Database for Human Rights Actors in Switzerland
[27.09.2006]
The information platform humanrights.ch presents a new database with organisations active in human rights issues based in Switzerland. Its well pres...