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Swiss send more military experts to Africa

This content was published on Mar 11, 2011 The mission to Congo, which Switzerland has supported for more than ten years with unarmed military observers, can now be extended from three to up to 12 members. The Swiss contingent to UN forces to Sudan can also be increased to up to eight from four, according to the defence ministry. The decision comes following…

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Sino-Swiss human rights talks held in Bern

This content was published on Mar 11, 2011 Particular emphasis was given to the status of minorities, it said in a statement. The two-day discussions also focused on various cooperation projects, for example on the dimension of human rights in the economy. Switzerland and China have been conducting a human rights dialogue since 1991 with the aim of encouraging an improvement of the…

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Aid agencies brace for Libyan civil war

This content was published on Mar 10, 2011 The ICRC is one of the few international aid agencies in Libya, alongside Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), working in the rebel-held eastern region. However, both are still unable to gain access to areas controlled by Moammar Gaddafi’s regime. “We always have to prepare for the worst. In this specific case, we have to prepare for…

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Nigerian dictator’s son wins retrial

This content was published on Mar 10, 2011 Abba Abacha had appealed against the two-year suspended prison sentence for belonging to a criminal organisation. The Geneva Police Court sentenced him in June. Now an appeal court has ruled that the original court had “seriously violated” Abacha’s rights by hearing the case in his absence. One of Abacha’s lawyers, Patrick Hunziker, told the Swiss…

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Parliament calls for changes to adoption laws

This content was published on Mar 10, 2011 The motion also aims to make it easier for couples to adopt children in Switzerland by reducing the required minimum age of adoptive parents as well as the amount of time they have been living together. In addition, they would not have to be married. Currently, adopted children in Switzerland have the right to know…

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Swiss president meets Libyan opposition envoy

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 According to the Swiss foreign ministry, Jebril El-Waalfarvi informed the Swiss president about the current situation in Libya and potential developments from his point of view. El-Waalfarvi also elaborated on the demands and political programme of the NTC. Calmy-Rey expressed particular concern in the discussion about the difficult situation of the civilian population in Libya…

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Women share secrets to success

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 A uniquely Swiss-American event, Building Bridges: The Next Hundred Years of Women’s Leadership, brought together more than 50 women excelling in the fields of politics, business, science and media. The conference was the brainchild of Megan Beyer, wife of the United States ambassador to Switzerland. Inspired by last year’s historic female majority in the Swiss…

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Accord with EU crime fighter body approved

This content was published on Mar 9, 2011 Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga said in parliament on Wednesday that the accord would improve cooperation by formalising it and creating legal certainty. The EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit – or Eurojust – was set up in 2002 “to improve the fight against serious crime by facilitating the optimal co-ordination of action for investigations and prosecutions covering…

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Parliament approves plans to cut CO2 levels

This content was published on Mar 8, 2011 Both chambers agreed that the cuts must be achieved solely through measures inside Switzerland. The bill discussed on Tuesday is a counter-proposal by the government to an initiative by environmental groups calling for a 30 per cent cut in CO2 levels. The Senate also came out in favour of a CO2 tax on petrol and…

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Media influence on justice system weighed

This content was published on Mar 8, 2011 The heated discussions took place at the annual congress of the Swiss Group of Criminology (SGC), held in the peaceful Bernese Oberland town. Criminology may have a reputation for being a dry often impenetrable subject, but in Interlaken last week this could not have been further from the truth. “There are lots of incompetent journalists,”…

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