Switzerland

Abduction 1
Access to procedures 5
Acts of persecution 2
Administrative courts 1
Administrative law 3
Africans 1
Airports 2
Alawi 5
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 4
Arabs 2
Arbitrary arrest and detention 18
Armed forces / Military 2
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 5
Asylum policy 8
Asylum-migration nexus 3
Asylum-seekers 52
Baha'i 2
Blood feuds 1
Border controls 3
Border crossers 1
Buddhist 9
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 4
Catholic 10
Cessation clauses 1
Changes of circumstances in home country 1
Child labour 5
Child prostitution 4
Child soldiers 1
Children's rights 30
Children-at-risk 17
Christian 10
Citizenship / Nationality law 3
Civil and political rights 3
Civil war 2
Civilian character of asylum 1
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
Complementary forms of protection 1
Constitutional law 3
Convention Plus 2
Convention against Torture (CAT) 4
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4
Corruption 7
Country of origin information (COI) 2
Credibility assessment 3
Crime prevention 1
Crimes against humanity 3
Criminal justice 13
Decision on admissibility 5
Democracy 2
Denial of refugee status 6
Deportation / Forcible return 68
Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 18
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 49
Domestic violence 4
Drug trafficking 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 20
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 4
Elections 9
Entry / Exit 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 10
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
Expulsion 42
Extradition 6
Extrajudicial executions 13
Family reunification 7
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
Flight by land, air or sea 1
Forced labour 22
Forced marriage 2
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 55
Freedom of assembly and association 25
Freedom of expression 40
Freedom of information 15
Freedom of movement 22
Freedom of religion 42
Freedom of speech 15
Gender discrimination 21
Gender-based persecution 2
Genocide 1
Habeas corpus 1
Habitual residence 3
Hazara 1
Hindu 9
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
Human Rights Council 8
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 43
Human rights courts 2
Human rights monitors 3
Humanitarian assistance 2
Illegal entry 2
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
Immigrants 7
Immigration Detention 10
Immigration law 7
Independence of judiciary 2
Integration 6
Internal armed conflict 1
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 7
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 3
International courts and tribunals 1
International protection 2
Involuntary repatriation 3
Jew 10
Jurisdiction 1
Kosovar 1
Kurd 2
Law of the sea 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 3
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 7
Lutheran 1
Mental health 2
Migrant rights 3
Migrants 22
Military operations 1
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 5
Minorities 30
Minority rights 4
Mormon 1
Muslim 12
National security / Public order 1
Non-refoulement 43
Non-state agents of persecution 1
Opposition 2
Orderly return 2
Oromo 1
Orthodox Christian 9
Palestinian 1
Peace agreements 1
Peace process 3
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 6
Persecution of family members 2
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 4
Persons with disabilities 6
Police 17
Political asylum 2
Political groups 1
Political parties 4
Political situation 3
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
Pre-trial detention 1
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 24
Property restitution 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
Protestant 9
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
Public health 1
Racial / Ethnic persecution 10
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 2
Reception 3
Referendum 2
Refoulement 42
Refugee / Asylum law 13
Refugee camps 1
Refugee identity documents 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 5
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
Refugees 34
Regional instruments 11
Rejected asylum-seekers 22
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 27
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 12
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 2
Resettlement 3
Residence permits / Residency 20
Return conditions 1
Returnees 2
Right to a nationality 5
Right to education 2
Right to employment 6
Right to family life 19
Right to health 2
Right to justice 3
Right to liberty and security 1
Right to return 2
Right to seek asylum 4
Right to self-determination 2
Rights of non-citizens 4
Roma 6
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 5
SGBV 34
Safe third country 4
Sale of children 2
Sami 2
Secondary movement 2
Security forces 12
Security situation 2
Sexual and reproductive rights 1
Shia 7
Sikh 1
Social group discrimination 15
Somalis 1
Standard of proof 1
State protection 1
Statelessness 2
Statelessness Determination Procedures 1
Sunni 7
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
Tamil 1
Temporary admission 2
Temporary protection 3
Territorial asylum 2
Terrorism 14
Tibetan 1
Torture 4
Trafficking in persons 40
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
Travel documents 2
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 6
Unaccompanied / Separated children 3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 12
Visas 4
Voluntary repatriation 3
War crimes 3
Witnesses 1
Women's rights 25
Women-at-risk 17
Work permits 4
Yazīdī 1

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Z.H. and R.H. v. Switzerland 8 December 2015 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law
Freedom of the Press 2015 - Switzerland 12 November 2015 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
UN refugee agency appeals for protection against sexual abuse of women and children on move in Europe 23 October 2015 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Lettre du Commissaire aux droits de l'homme du Conseil de l'Europe, Nils Muižnieks, à M. Ueli MAURER, Conseiller fédéral, au sujet du projet de loi sur le renseignement 16 October 2015 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Country Reports
Réponse de M. Ueli MAURER, Conseiller fédéral, à la lettre du Commissaire aux droits de l'homme du Conseil de l'Europe, Nils Muižnieks, au sujet du projet de loi sur le renseignement 16 October 2015 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights \| Document type: Country Reports
2014 Report on International Religious Freedom - Switzerland 14 October 2015 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Report concerning the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by Switzerland 14 October 2015 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings \| Document type: Country Reports
T.A. et autres contre la Suisse 10 September 2015 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law
Freedom in the World 2015 - Switzerland 18 August 2015 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2015 Trafficking in Persons Report - Switzerland 27 July 2015 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports

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