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Law expert re-elected to Human Rights Committee

This content was published on Sep 3, 2010 Keller has been professor of European and international law at Zurich University since 2004. She has been a member of the Human Rights Committee since July 2008, succeeding Switzerland’s Walter Kälin. Thursday’s election renewed her mandate as an independent expert until December 31, 2014. The Human Rights Committee comprises 18 independent experts who meet three…

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Swiss want a say on how to end their lives

This content was published on Sep 2, 2010 But a Zurich University survey into public attitudes on these issues – the first of its kind in the country – also found a lack of support for “death tourism” where foreigners come to Switzerland to end their lives. The results of the poll of around 1,500 people, which was published by the university’s Criminology…

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Swiss host climate financing talks

This content was published on Sep 2, 2010 “The aim is the open discussion of a topic that is crucial to the climate negotiations, to create shared understanding of the issues at stake and contribute to the establishment of a consensus,” Leuenberger told participants. He outlined a Swiss proposal, based on the polluter-pays principle, to finance measures to mitigate and adapt to climate…

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Voters to have final say on postal network

This content was published on Sep 2, 2010 Campaigners from the Communication union handed in more than 110,000 signatures for their initiative at the federal chancellery on Thursday. The initiative, which is backed by the centre-left Social Democrats, seeks to halt any further opening up of the postal market to private competitors. In the last few years Swiss Post has closed down about…

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Switzerland gets Kosovar killer extradited

This content was published on Sep 2, 2010 Ded Gecaj arrived on Thursday and was taken straight to the St Gallen prosecutor’s office. Gecaj is accused of killing teacher Paul Spirig in 1999. Afterwards he fled to his homeland of Kosovo, then still part of Serbia, where a court sentenced him to four years for manslaughter after he confessed to the crime. He…

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Heavy metal cleanup goes off target

This content was published on Sep 2, 2010 For a country that has not been to war in its modern history, it comes as a surprise at first to learn that the ground is pumped full of lead – up to 40,000 tons of it. Manuel Schiffmann takes a baseball-size clump of heavy metal from a large bin. The expert for brownfield site…

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No assistance in stolen bank data cases

This content was published on Sep 1, 2010 In a statement on Wednesday, the government said that requests for administrative assistance would be rejected if they are “based on information which was obtained or forwarded due to actions which are punishable under Swiss law”. Recently, there have been cases of client data stolen from Swiss banks or Swiss branches of foreign banks which…

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Former police chief sought in execution probe

This content was published on Sep 1, 2010 On Wednesday Switzerland’s branch of Amnesty International and Track Impunity Always called on Swiss justice authorities to cooperate with the investigation. The man, who holds dual nationality and served as the head of Guatemala’s Civil National Police from 2004-2007, has returned to the Geneva area and denies the allegations. He says he is the victim…

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Cabinet sticks to planned spending cuts

This content was published on Sep 1, 2010 The bill, to be discussed in parliament next year, foresees savings in all seven ministries, including slashing subsidies to the multimedia platform, swissinfo.ch. The proposals include a programme to increase the efficiency of the federal administration. A statement on Wednesday by the finance ministry said the cuts and savings were necessary despite the markedly improved…

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University reforms cause headaches for some

This content was published on Sep 1, 2010 Professors, doctoral candidates and students recently gathered in Zurich at the Conference of Rectors of Swiss Universities (Crus) to discuss problems with the newest degree – a bachelors – that caps three years of study. “We have been better than other countries at formally implementing the reforms,” said Antonio Lopreino, president of the conference and…

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