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Turkey: Strengthening protection of human rights

Bissera Kostova — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 22:19:37 +0000

Turkey has taken a set of important measures to strengthen the protection of human rights. It established a Human Rights Department within the Ministry of Justice and a Human Rights Compensation Commission. It introduced the possibility of an individual application before the Constitutional Court and an action plan on the prevention of violations of the [...]

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Switzerland: Sharing practices followed by Switzerland on international treaties

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:06:13 +0000

Switzerland makes available to the public for free a “Practice Guide to International Treaties”, which describes the rules and practice followed by Switzerland on treaties. Originally conceived for a Swiss audience, it has generated considerable interest from other governments and is now available in print and online in English, French and German.

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Switzerland: Legislating on freezing and recovery of assets of illicit origin of foreign officials

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:48:28 +0000

Switzerland passed a bill on the freezing and recovery of assets of illicit origin of foreign officials. The mechanism envisaged under the bill freezes and then returns assets of illegal origin deposited in Switzerland to their States of origin as quickly and transparently as possible while respecting the rule of law when mutual legal assistance fails. The bill is in line with the foreign policy goals of Switzerland and covers several aspects of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, making an important contribution to its implementation.

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Switzerland: Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:38:41 +0000

Switzerland has taken a number of constitutional, legal and administrative steps to ensure adequate application and implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in Switzerland.

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Switzerland: Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:20:16 +0000

With a view to strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system, Switzerland piloted a Geneva Platform for Members of Human Rights Treaty Bodies, which promotes the direct exchange of information between members of treaty bodies, interested experts and other civil society actors.

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Switzerland: Ensuring that Security Council sanctions are carefully targeted and procedures fair and clear

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:42:35 +0000

Switzerland – together with the Group of Like-Minded States on targeted sanctions – regularly proposes measures to the Security Council to continue to ensure that sanctions are carefully targeted and that fair and clear procedures are maintained and further developed.

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Switzerland: Clarifying legal rules regarding Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs)

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:36:54 +0000

Switzerland has worked both at the international level (with the International Committee of the Red Cross) and the national level towards clarifying the rules applying to the operations of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs).

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Switzerland: Handbook on accepting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:00:25 +0000

To assist States willing to recognise as compulsory the jurisdiction of the ICJ, Switzerland has worked with the Netherlands, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Japan and Botswana on a publication to assist States wishing to recognize as compulsory the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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Austria: Vienna course on international law for military legal advisers

Norul Mohamed Rashid — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 20:54:15 +0000

Since 2004, the Austrian Ministry of Defence has regularly organized the “Vienna Course on International Law for Military Legal Advisers”, which is provided under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) with the aim of contributing to the establishment of a common European Security Culture. The main aim of this rule of law training course is to convey core knowledge about the application of international law, in particular human rights law and international humanitarian law, to international crisis-management operations by military and security forces. Participants from other States also have the possibility to participate.

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