Human Rights in Swiss Internal Affairs - Overview

This section presents a selection of information and documentation on human rights issues in Swiss internal affairs. It is divided as follows:

• Vulnerable groups
  Children / Elderly / Gays / Lesbians / Disabled persons / Religious minorities
• Gender
  Gender equality
• Racism in Switzerland
  Trials / Various incidents / Studies and reports / Institutions and NGOs
• Protection of the Person
  Freedom of Expression / Data Protection / Internal Security / (Medicine & human research) / (Euthanasia) / (Miscellaneous)
• Protection from Private Violence
  Trafficking in human beings / Law on arms / Domestic violence / (Forced marriage) / (Genital mutilation)
• Search, Punish, Confine
  Penal action / Police / Abolition of torture / Deprivation of liberty
  
• Policy on Foreigners
  Foreigners Act / Foreign Nationals Policy: general comments / Naturalisation matters / Irregular migrants
• Asylum Policy
  Implementation / Asylum policy: miscellaneous / Case Law / Non-admission & right to emergency assistance / Asylum legislation review 2003-2006
• Social and educational policies
  Education / Social rights
• Peoples Rights vs. International Law
  Conflicts between direct democracy and international law
• Ratifications / Reservations
  News on ratifications of human rights conventions and the withdrawal of reservations
• National Human Rights Institution
  HRI - Introduction / News / Documentation / Association for the Promotion / HRI Working Group
• National Policy: miscellaneous
• Analysis
  Analysis of the Swiss human rights policy