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The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) was an initiative put forward by Switzerland in 2006 to replace the prior United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Since this time, Switzerland has continued to be an active member in all HRC promotion and enforcement internationally. [ 5 ]
Federal Council in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Swiss Federal Chancellery. "The Swiss Confederation: A brief guide 2007". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013; Services of the Swiss Parliament. "Resultate der Wahlen des Bundesrats, der Bundeskanzler und des Generals" (PDF).
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [a] is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. [2] The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. [3] The headquarters of the Council are at the United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland.
The European Court of Human Rights's ruling, in favour of the more than 2,000 Swiss women who brought the case, is expected to resonate in court decisions across Europe and beyond, and to embolden ...
The role and powers of the National Council are regulated by the Parliament Act (ParlA) and the Title 5 [9] of the Swiss Federal Constitution. The National Council, together with the Council of States, forms the Federal Parliament and exercises the highest legal authority in Switzerland, subject to the rights of the people and the cantons. [10]
The Swiss Refugee Council (German: Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe (SFH); French: Organisation suisse d'aide aux réfugiés (OSAR)) is the umbrella organization of six aid organizations active in Switzerland in the field of asylum, namely Caritas Switzerland, Entraide protestante suisse (EPER), l'Œuvre suisse d'entraide ouvrière (OSEO), Union suisse des comités d'entraide juive (USEJ), the ...
The Swiss Federal Council is a seven-member executive council that heads the federal administration, operating as a combination cabinet and collective presidency. Any Swiss citizen eligible to be a member of the National Council can be elected; [7] candidates do not have to register for the election, or to actually be members of the National ...
United Nations Human Rights Committee (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Human rights organisations based in Switzerland" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.