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In Switzerland, around 14,700 women and girls are affected by or threatened with female genital mutilation (FGM). They have a right to protection and...

On 23 March 2017, the Federal Office of Justice granted the extradition of Nekane Txapartegi to Spain. The Basque woman had been sentenced to several...

Prisoners in Switzerland currently have no access to free confidential legal advice from independent specialists. The only way to get counselling is...

Between 13 and 24 April 2015, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)  visited various detention facilities...

Many refugees are traumatised by what they have experienced in their home country and while fleeing and are in urgent need of psychiatric support. The...

The Committee against Torture has proposed the inclusion of an explicit ban on torture and on inhuman and degrading treatment in Switzerland’s...

During its 52nd and 53rd sessions respectively in May and November 2014, the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) dealt with five pending cases of...

Raif Badawi is a blogger and human rights defender from Saudi Arabia. Last year he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, 1,000 lashes and a fine of...

The Canadian national Riahd Benaissa was kept in custody in the regional prison of Bern for over 2 years. Now, the former Vice President of a Canadian...

Special deportation flights for foreigners resisting an extradition are mainly performed to African countries. Between October 2010 and July 2011,...

The mutilation of female genitals will become an express offense in Switzerland. In their final votes on 30 September, the National Council and...

The National Commission for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT) has published its first findings which relate to the visits of Commission members to...

As was to be expected, the UN Commission Against Torture has critisised Switzerland because of violent measures during forced repatriation,...

Almost seven years after its adoption and more than three years after it entered into force, Switzerland finally ratified the Optional Protocol to the...

On 20 March 2009, both chambers of the Parliament agreed to the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in a...

The great majority of the persons detained in Switzerland are treated correctly – but the Geneva police force is heavily criticised for their...

After Russia guaranteed to lead a trial in respect of human rights, Switzerland has extradited a Russian businessman accused of fraud and money...

Diplomatic assurances are written guarantees issued by receiving States that the extradited individuals will be treated humanely. With these...

After the ratification by the twentieth state, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...

In the cantons of Geneva and Vaud policemen have repeatedly applied excessive force. In addition, conditions in the Geneva prison Champ-Dollon should...