
Switzerland
Regional group:Western European & Others Group
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National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Ad hoc |
Fifteenth anniversary of the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, as enshrined in the World Summit Outcome of 2005; Child, early and forced marriage in humanitarian settings; Contribution to the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regard to human rights; Promoting the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the work of the Human Rights Council; Terms of reference for the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council; The right to privacy in the digital age; Human rights and the environment; Human rights and transitional justice; Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage; Human rights education and training; The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests; The question of the death penalty; Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage; Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence; World Programme for Human Rights Education; Safety of journalists; United Nations declaration on human rights education and training; Contribution of the Human Rights Council to the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem of 2016; High-level panel discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action; Consequences of child, early and forced marriage; Equal pay; High-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council; The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:
Regional
group statements
Subregional
group statements
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statements
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group statements
Other joint
statements
Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.
Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
IE on African descent, 2018
CAT
ICCPR
CED
CEDAW
CERD
ICESCR
CRC
CRPD
Ratified
NPM established
Received Sub-Committee visit
Switzerland presented voluntary obligations and commitments in support for its candidature for membership for the period 2016-2018 in February 2015.
Key pledges include: Develop a national ad hoc mechanism to coordinate the preparation of periodic reports and to follow-up on the implementation of recommendations; Implement, in good faith, accepted UPR recommendations; Consider the establishment of a NHRI; Elaborate a national strategy to implement the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights; Keep under review the possibility of withdrawing Switzerland’s reservations under certain conventions; Step up efforts to ratify CED and CRC-OP-IC; Continue efforts towards: the universal abolition of the death penalty; universal recognition of the right to water and sanitation; ending discrimination, including of people based on their sexual orientation; Maintain strong commitment to the prevention torture and to human rights in the context of peaceful protests; Convene a high-level meeting in 2016 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Council; Enhance the participation of NGOs and NHRIs in the work of the Council; and Support the work of OHCHR, including financially.
An analysis of steps taken by Switzerland in fulfilment of its international pledges shows that it has participated actively in Council debates (e.g. 69% of interactive dialogues, 57% of panels), and has maintained its financial support for OHCHR. Switzerland ratified the CED (2016) and the CRC-OP-IC, as pledged. Switzerland maintains a strong commitment to the prevention of torture, and received its first visit from the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture on 2019.