Human Rights News Switzerland
According to a July 2018 report by the Federal Council, the hardship ruling on the right of stay of foreign victims of domestic violence has largely proven its worth in cantonal practice. But for years, several NGOs have criticised Switzerland for its...
In Switzerland, youths between 15 and 18 years of age can be detained under the provisions of the law on foreign nationals. This is specified in the Foreign Nationals Act and according to a report from June 2018 by the National Council Control Committee...
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has been in force since January 2016. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda by the UN General Assembly in 2015 was generally perceived as a breakthrough. The Agenda includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...
In April of 2018, the National Council Legal Affairs Committee (LAC-N) decided on the indirect counter-proposal to the Responsible Business Initiative by 14 votes against 10 and 1 abstention. The counter-proposal will be discussed in the National Council...
On 30 May 2018, the Federal Criminal Court approved the complaints of three alleged victims of torture and arbitrary arrests in the Nezzar case. With this decision, the institutional wrangling between the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG)...
Several people have died during or following an arrest by the police in the canton of Vaud in one year. Authorities have yet to respond. This troubling situation has mobilised civil society. Several organisations have denounced the obvious immunity from...
The popular initiative “Yes to a ban on full facial coverings” passed narrowly with 105,553 valid signatures on 11 October 2017. The initiative was launched by the Egerkingen Committee on 15 March 2016. Its aim is to ban religious facial...
