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NGOs call for a ‘strong’ human rights policy in Switzerland

A picture combo from the time of the UN Declaration of Human Rights of December 10, 1948 in Paris.

This content was published on Dec 10, 2023 NGOs urge Switzerland to "close the remaining gaps" in its human rights protection system.

International Geneva

75 years of human rights: what’s to celebrate?

This content was published on Dec 10, 2023 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 75 today. Meet the people in charge of upholding it at the UN.

Jose Ayala Lasso, the first Human Rights Commissioner

International Geneva

José Ayala Lasso: ‘We should not lose our faith’

This content was published on Dec 10, 2023 The first UN High Commissioner for Human Rights talks to SWI swissinfo.ch about why he accepted what's known as "the toughest job" in the UN.

Foreign Affairs

Satisfied with safety guarantees, SWISS resumes flights to Beirut

This content was published on Dec 9, 2023 Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is resuming flights to and from Beirut this month.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland urged to join NATO’s united front against Putin

This content was published on Dec 9, 2023 NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Rob Bauer wants to improve interoperability between the Atlantic alliance and the Swiss Armed Forces.

Foreign Affairs

A tale of survival and solidarity: inside Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in a century

This content was published on Dec 8, 2023 A personal account of surviving the September earthquake, helping on the ground and raising funds for the victims from Switzerland.

Foreign Affairs

Medical NGO calls for Swiss intervention in Gaza

This content was published on Dec 8, 2023 Médicins sans Frontières appeals to Switzerland, as a "defender of international human rights”, to remind governments that rules apply even in war.

Foreign Affairs

Israel demands ICRC access to Hamas-held hostages

This content was published on Dec 6, 2023 “Every minute in captivity puts the lives” of the hostages at stake, said army spokesman Daniel Hagari, “the international community must act. The Red Cross must have access to the hostages”, he said. A target of criticism in Israel, the ICRC told French news agency AFP at the end of November that it did not…

Theodor Herzl and Yasser Arafat presenting two key figures of the conflict

Foreign Affairs

Timeline: Switzerland and the conflict in the Middle East

This content was published on Dec 6, 2023 The main milestones – and Switzerland's positions – since the First Zionist Congress, held in Basel in 1897.

International Geneva

WHO members meet – again – to discuss a pandemic treaty

This content was published on Dec 4, 2023 The World Health Organization is negotiating a pandemic agreement. But the interests of developing and industrialised countries diverge.

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Switzerland urged to join NATO’s united front against Putin

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Timeline: Switzerland and the conflict in the Middle East

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WHO members meet – again – to discuss a pandemic treaty

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