Human rights

How film and literature have influenced the acceptance of assisted suicide

Actor Tilda Swinton in a scene from The Room Next Door.

This content was published on Jan 6, 2025 Powerful stories of assisted dying are etched in our collective memory. Now, a research project from Switzerland is gathering artistic works on the subject.

International cooperation

Escaping poverty through education: child labour in Bangladesh

This content was published on Dec 17, 2024 Bangladesh's progress in combating child labour is under threat. A report from a coastal town in the south of the country.

Residents of Kiritimati, a Pacific atoll, build a stone seawall to rising sea levels resulting from the climate crisis.

Climate solutions

A ‘crucial moment’ for climate justice is unfolding in The Hague

This content was published on Dec 12, 2024 A climate case before the World Court may spell out what countries are legally required to do to combat climate change.

People walk in front of the main building of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and the sculpture "The Convalescent" by Otto Charles Baenninger, in Zurich, on November 30, 2024.

Swiss diplomacy

How a top Swiss university is screening Chinese students

This content was published on Dec 12, 2024 ETH Zurich has revealed security screening measures it routinely carries out on some foreign students – provoking fear and anger.

International Geneva

Switzerland to lead UN Human Rights Council in 2025

This content was published on Dec 11, 2024 Swiss Ambassador Jürg Lauber has been chosen by the United Nations Human Rights Council as its president for 2025.

Agribusiness

Child labour is not just the chocolate industry’s problem

This content was published on Dec 11, 2024 There’s a dirty secret lurking behind the rich aroma of a morning coffee, the shine on gold jewellery, and the wafting smoke of a lit cigarette.

two pregnant women, one in a traditional Muslim cloak.

Swiss diplomacy

Women’s rights: how authoritarian regimes use women’s bodies for power

This content was published on Dec 2, 2024 How authoritarian regimes restrict women’s rights to maintain control.

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