Cluster: Geopolitics

Swiss-Egyptian lawyer in contention for the top post at the WTO

This content was published on Jun 9, 2020 Hamid Mamdouh, a Geneva-based Swiss-Egyptian lawyer, has been officially nominated by Egypt to become the next WTO director general.

Foreign Affairs

Guatemalan ex-police chief appeals to European Court of Human Rights

This content was published on Jun 9, 2020 Erwin Sperisen, the former head of Guatemala’s police force, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

International Geneva

US withdrawal from the WHO ‘hasn’t been fully thought through’

This content was published on Jun 8, 2020 Global health specialist Ilona Kickbusch explains the implications of the Donald Trump's decision to end the US relationship with the WHO.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss torture rapporteur denounces US ‘racial terror’

This content was published on Jun 5, 2020 The UN’s special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, has called for independent investigations into excessive force used by police against Afro-Americans.

International Geneva

Geneva water jet, stopped by Covid-19, to spout again with ceremony

This content was published on Jun 5, 2020 Geneva’s famous “jet d’eau” is to start up again next Thursday, after being shut down since March 20 to protect its maintenance workers from Covid-19. The shutdown was also meant to “incarnate” the authorities’ health recommendations against the virus, according to a statement on Friday from Geneva canton’s presidential office. Relaunch of the lakeshore water…

International Geneva

China flexes its muscles at the United Nations

Flaunting its role as a great power, China is wielding expanding influence in a UN weakened by the battering from the Trump administration.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss help push for Covid-19 ceasefires in conflict zones

This content was published on Jun 5, 2020 Switzerland is using “good offices” help get ceasefires to fight coronavirus, in line with calls by the UN and Swiss parliament.

Foreign Affairs

Swiss diplomats praised as US detainee released from Iran

This content was published on Jun 4, 2020 Switzerland has been praised for its part in the freeing of United States citizen Michael White from Iran.

Foreign Affairs

NGOs urge Swiss banks to ease developing country debt

This content was published on Jun 4, 2020 The NGOs in question are Alliance Sud, Swissaid, Fastenopfer, Bread for All, Helvetas, Terre des Hommes Schweiz, Solidar Suisse, Public Eye, KEESA, Solifonds and MultiWatch. They are also urging Swiss banks to make public the size of loans, the terms of credit and the method of repayment to developing countries. The consortium says that 86 of…

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland takes helm of Hague Code of Conduct

This content was published on Jun 3, 2020 During its presidency, Switzerland wants to convince more countries to join and ensure that the commitments contained in the code are upheld.

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