Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Implementation in Switzerland

Adopted on 16 May 2005
Entered into force on 1 February 2008
Ratified by 47 member States of the CoE (as at 12 April 2018)

For Switzerland:
SR 0.311.543 (AS 2012 6713)
Signed on 8 September 2008
Ratified on 17 December 2012
Entered into force on 1 April 2013
Dispatch of 17 November 2010: BBl 2011 1 (in German) / FF 2011 1 (in French)

Official Text

German / French / English / Italian

• General information on the Convention
  at humanrights.ch
• Explanatory Report
  website of the CoE

The Convention entered into force for Switzerland on 1 April 2013.

• Übereinkommen über die Bekämpfung des Menschenhandels und Bundesgesetz über den ausserprozessualen Zeugenschutz
  (10.097) Documentation on the Swiss parliament website with links to the parliamentary debates (in German).
• Switzerland ratifies Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
  Article on humanrights.ch, 9.1.2013

Second Report Process 2018-2019

• GRETA Report
  9 October 2019 (english, pdf, 76 p.) (french, pdf, 85 p.)

Contact

• Federal administration:
  Federal Office of Police
  Swiss Coordination Unit against the Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (KSMM)
  Nussbaumstrasse 29
  3003 Bern
  Tel. 058 465 20 25, E-mail
• NGO (shadow report):
  FIZ Advocacy and Support for Migrant Women and Victims of Trafficking
  Badenerstrasse 682
  8048 Zürich
  Tel.: 044 436 90 00, E-mail