Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Blacklist procedures “violate human rights”

This content was published on Nov 12, 2007 It said the procedures used for blacklisting by the United Nations Security Council and the European Union were “totally arbitrary and have no credibility whatsoever”. “These procedures must urgently be overhauled to make them fairer,” said the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). The committee made its announcement after approving…

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Swiss judges human rights in European context

This content was published on Nov 11, 2007 A law professor, Malinverni tells swissinfo about the importance of the Strasbourg court, which monitors compliance of the European Court of Human Rights Convention in the 46 member states of the Council of Europe. Malinverni has been the Swiss representative at the court since the beginning of the year. In 2006 there were nine judgements…

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Swiss and Russians talk trade and cooperation

This content was published on Nov 9, 2007 Calmy-Rey also held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after which they signed a Memorandum of Understanding on deepening relations between the two countries. Concluding her two-day visit on Friday, Calmy-Rey – who is also the Swiss foreign minister – said she was “very satisfied” with the discussions and described the atmosphere as “open…

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When the army killed civilians

This content was published on Nov 9, 2007 The events that unfolded in Geneva 75 years ago were of a very different order from the riots which appalled the Swiss public in the run-up to October’s elections. They left 13 people dead and 65 injured, and called into question the way in which the authorities handled public disorder. This was the last time…

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Diamonds “no longer a rebel’s best friend”

This content was published on Nov 8, 2007 Switzerland, which in 2006 imported 207kg of diamonds valued at SFr2.2 billion ($1.8 billion), was one of 70 nations in Brussels at the annual conference of the Kimberley Process, the international scheme to end trade in conflict diamonds. “The conference was very successful and we made progress in a very broad range of areas,” Roland…

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Voter turnout 1919–2007

This content was published on Nov 8, 2007

Swiss inch towards closer India ties

This content was published on Nov 7, 2007 Swiss experts must better identify areas of common interest before privileged partnership discussions can resume, Calmy-Rey said at the end of her state visit to India on Wednesday. She hopes this step will be completed next year during the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Friendship Agreement with India. Switzerland will have to wait…

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How the Russian Revolution uprooted the Swiss

This content was published on Nov 7, 2007 The uprising, which brought the communists to power, touched the lives of millions of people in Russia. Thousands of Swiss were among the foreigners caught up in the events. Swiss had been emigrating to Russia in various capacities since the 18th century. Some had gone for a limited period with the intention of returning home…

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Swiss react cautiously to events in Pakistan

This content was published on Nov 6, 2007 Switzerland reacted like many other countries with concern, but the Swiss government has yet to call off the export of arms to Pakistan. Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, has ousted independent-minded judges, put a stranglehold on the media and granted sweeping powers to authorities to crush dissent. Thousands of people have been…

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Foreign ministry adopts green flight plan

This content was published on Nov 6, 2007 The ministry has agreed to buy SFr650,000 ($565,000) of carbon credits from the Malavalli biomass facility to ensure that flights taken by its Bern-based staff will be carbon neutral for the next three years. The carbon credit – or certified emissions reductions – system was set up under the Kyoto Protocol to help developed countries…

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