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Human Rights Council “sends signal” to Gaddafi

This content was published on Mar 2, 2011 Libya proved to be a test case for the council, and one in which it demonstrated its full potential, argues Julie de Rivero, advocacy director at the Geneva-based Human Rights Watch organisation. It is the first time a member has been suspended since the council was created in 2006. “It sends a strong signal to…

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Recalling the pain of forced adoption

This content was published on Mar 2, 2011 For the next 16 months Michèle Gillard would be in “administrative care”, her rights as a free citizen temporarily suspended. Until 1981, young people who stepped out of line could be deprived of their freedom without trial or any means of appeal. A recommendation from the guardianship authorities was often enough to seal their fate.…

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Parliament cracks down on cybercrime

This content was published on Mar 2, 2011 A clear majority on Wednesday followed the Senate in approving a convention by the Council of Europe. Opponents, mainly from the rightwing Swiss People’s Party, argued the accord on cybercrime was unnecessary. However, supporters – backing Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga – said illegal online activities could only be fought successfully with cross-border cooperation. The convention…

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Israeli former attaché faces corruption charges

This content was published on Mar 2, 2011 According to the indictment, the attaché helped a Swiss arms dealer to expand his business in Israel and market his military products there without authorisation from his superiors while posted to Switzerland. In return, the Israeli and his wife allegedly received a number of perks. The colonel served as military attaché to Switzerland between 2002…

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Former UBS banker charged with conspiracy

This content was published on Mar 2, 2011 The Greek citizen is accused of having had up to 150 undeclared US clients with assets under management of between $400 million (SFr370 million) and $500 million. The charges relate to dealings between 1999 and 2005. A criminal complaint filed with the Florida federal court accuses the banker of marketing “undeclared Swiss bank accounts and Swiss bank…

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Libya suspended from UN Human Rights Council

This content was published on Mar 2, 2011 Citing violence by Libyan forces against anti-government protesters, the 192 members of the assembly took the unanimous decision at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The resolution to suspend Libya followed a recommendation by the UN Human Rights Council. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the decision to suspend Libya’s membership of the council, as…

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Extra IMF credit wins parliament approval

This content was published on Mar 1, 2011 Parliament on Tuesday approved agreements to the tune of SFr30 billion ($32.3 billion), including a pledge for a SFr16.5 billion contribution to an international borrowing scheme. The decision came at the time when Switzerland is struggling to keep its seat on the IMF executive board as the organisation is considering plans for a reform. Three…

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Del Ponte wants to look into organ trafficking

This content was published on Mar 1, 2011 In an interview with the Zurich-based newspaper, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, on Tuesday, the Swiss lawyer said she would be able to tackle the task quickly. Del Ponte served as prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 1999 to 2007. In 2008 she published a memoir called “The Hunt: Me and…

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Leaders demand end to Libya violence

This content was published on Feb 28, 2011 She was backed in Geneva by United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi was using “mercenaries and thugs” to attack unarmed civilians and must leave power “now, without further violence or delay”. Calmy-Rey and Clinton were speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council, where numerous foreign ministers and…

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Federal budget posts SFr2.8 billion surplus

This content was published on Feb 28, 2011 The ministry attributed the surplus to the more rapid economic recovery and only moderate growth in expenditure. But although revenues are expected to climb from SFr62.83 billion to SFr63.72 billion in 2011, the budget is predicted to slide into deficit in this year. The ministry said an extraordinary contribution to the federal railways pension fund…

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