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Navi Pillay: an intrepid fighter for rights and equality

This content was published on Nov 3, 2023 Navanethem Pillay of South Africa was UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. She talks about the UN’s toughest job.

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Swiss justice minister reiterates need for reform of European asylum system

This content was published on Nov 2, 2023 The migratory pressure on Greece has repercussions for the Schengen area, and therefore also for Switzerland, said Elisabeth Baume-Schneider.

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Seven Swiss nationals depart Gaza Strip for Egypt

This content was published on Nov 2, 2023 Seven Swiss nationals, six of them dual passport holders, had left the Gaza Strip for Egypt as of Thursday afternoon.

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Why Switzerland has frozen funding to 11 Middle East NGOs

This content was published on Nov 2, 2023 Escalating violence in the Middle East has persuaded Switzerland to suspend funding of some NGOs in the region.

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Palestinian family flee airstrike in Gaza Strip.

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Swiss government proposes CHF90 million in aid to Middle East region

This content was published on Nov 2, 2023 The Swiss government will ask parliament to release CHF90 million for humanitarian aid for the Middle East, it said on Wednesday.

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Switzerland wants to exchange air passenger data with the EU

This content was published on Nov 1, 2023 Switzerland is to exchange air passenger data with EU countries in the future.

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Switzerland keeps special protection for Ukraine refugees

This content was published on Nov 1, 2023 This was decided by the Federal Council at its meeting on Wednesday. A sustainable stabilisation of the situation in Ukraine is not foreseeable, writes the Federal Council. The S protection status will therefore not be lifted before March 4, 2025. Status S has been in effect since March 12, 2022, when the Federal Council activated…

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Michelle Bachelet’s fight for human rights

This content was published on Oct 31, 2023 Former Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet talks about her time in office, the controversial Xinjiang report and Black Lives Matter.

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Inside Geneva: Michelle Bachelet’s personal fight for human rights

This content was published on Oct 31, 2023 To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we speak to the former UN Human Rights Commissioner.

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