N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the policy of protection of national minorities and promotion of religious tolerance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure protection of refugees, migrants and members of their families, including their social integration in line with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the first Optional Protocol of ICCPR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue effective implementation of article 261 bis of the Criminal Code, which highly contributes to the elimination of impunity and prevents crimes against humanity, in particular genocide
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to amend the Criminal Code to forbid the involvement of children from age 16 to 18 in prostitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination law aimed at preventing racial discrimination, and ensure that it is applied to the whole territory of the Swiss Federation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pay more attention to monitoring and combatting violations of the rights of religious and national minorities, including through the possible development of corresponding programmes which would take into account the ethno-cultural traditions of migrants, and, at the same time, help their integration in the Swiss society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Migrants
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect minors and ensure that imprisonment of minors is separated from imprisonment of adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take more active measures to decrease the level of unemployment of migrants, particularly among women and young people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
- Right to development
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work to prevent and combat incidents of racist and anti- semitic and extremist expressions and actions which have occurred in Switzerland in recent times
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue measures for the implementation of effective migration policies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In the fight against trafficking in human beings, step up cooperation with countries of origin, protect victims, and prosecute and punish those responsible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a national strategy to combat the sale and sexual exploitation of women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take new measures, where necessary, concerning female victims of domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to combat domestic violence, particularly against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate cases of excessive use of force during arrest, detention and questioning of suspects
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent mechanism in all cantons of the country with a mandate to investigate all complaints about excessive use of force, cruel treatment and other police abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Invite to the country the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, and the Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
- Racial discrimination
- Special procedures
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to ICRMW
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
147.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide protection to maternity and childhood, in particular, introduce additional measures for the protection of families with small children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation allowing for paternity leave
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
147.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Carry out a strict and effective separation of women and men as well as children and adult prisoners in all penitentiary establishments of all cantons of the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
146.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Resolve the problem of lack of capacity in existing centres for registration and processing of asylum applications as well as ensure publication of information on administrative detention of migrants at the federal level
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
146.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Examine the possibility of establishing national helplines for victims of trafficking and domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
146.103
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prohibit all practices of corporal punishment of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
146.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to conduct broad awareness-raising campaigns to combat negative attitudes against vulnerable groups as well as to react to racist statements or actions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Racial discrimination
146.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Maintain the provisions of article 261 bis of the Criminal Code, in particular the ones providing for liability in cases of denial, trivialization or seeking justification for genocide or other crimes against humanity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
146.87
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further promote the advancement of gender equality, including the development of a comprehensive national gender action plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
148.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce amendments to criminal law to expand the list of prosecutable signs of discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other