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(Fifth and) Sixth report by Switzerland 2009-2010

During its 44th session on 30 April and 3 Mai 2010, the UN Comittee Against Torture (CAT) treated the sixth periodic report of Switzerland. Here you will find the most relevant documents concerning this report:

State report by Switzerland

• Sixth periodic report by Switzerland of 2 July 2008
  (pdf, 48 p.)

Further inquiries by the Committee Against Torture and answers by Switzerland

• «List of Issues to be addressed during the consideration of the sixth periodic report of Switzerland»
  18 January 2010
• «Réponses écrites à la liste de questions adoptée par le Comité contre la torture»
  Replies of the Federal Council of 15 February 2010, (in French, pdf, 50 p.)

NGO reports

• «Submission to the Committee against Torture on the sixth periodic report of Switzerland»
  NGO-report by humanrights.ch, SFH, HEKS, Augenauf and Schweiz. Friedensrat of 26 April 2010 (pdf, 15 p.)

Hearing of the Swiss delegation on 30 April and 3 May 2010

• Committee against torture begins examination of report of Switzerland
  UN press release, 30 April 2010
• Committee against torture hears reponse of Switzerland
  UN press release, 3 Mai 2010

Final recommendations of the Committee Against Torture

• Concluding Observations of 25 May 2010
  CAT (pdf, 8 p.)
• Recommendations by the UN CAT to Switzerland
  Article on humanrights.ch, 18 May 2010

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