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A landlocked, mountainous country in central Europe, Switzerland has enjoyed centuries of political neutrality and relative peace. One of Europe’s oldest democracies, its various governments over time have been seen as some of the world’s most stable and, though not formally a member of the European Union, it enjoys strong ties with neighbouring States. Although home to a number of the UN's human rights mechanisms, the country's human rights record has not been without criticism, most notably regarding discrimination towards its minorities.
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9 Human development index34 Happy planet rankingOrganisations in Switzerland
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- 3D -- Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy
- Advocate Voices for Orphans
- Arigatou International
- Association François-Xavier Bagnoud
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Bahá'í International Community
- Bureau International Catholique De L'enfance
- Burma Peace Foundation
- Child Helpline International
- Child Rights Connect (formerly the NGO Group for the CRC)
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- CO-OPERAID
- Comité Suisse pour l'UNICEF
- Commission on Human Rights - News Coverage
- CONGO - Conference Of Non-Governmental Organizations
- Defence for Children International
- Development, Innovations and Network
- Dynamo International
- ECLT Foundation
- ECPAT- Switzerland / Kinderschutz Schweiz
- Edmund Rice International
- European Association for Children in Hospital
- Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Fondation du Présent
- Friends World Committee for Consultation, Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Global Campaign for Education
- Human Rights Council Secretariat
- Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International
- Human Rights Internet
- Human Rights Tribune
- Humanity without Frontiers
- InfoSud
- Innocence in Danger
- Institut International Des Droits De L'Enfant
- Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch, Switzerland
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee
- International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates
- International Bureau of Education
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- International Catholic Child Bureau - Switzerland
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Council Of Women - Switzerland
- International Disability Alliance
- International Federation of Business and Professional Women - UK
- International Federation of Educative Communities - Switzerland
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Federation of University Women
- International Federation Terre des Hommes - International Secretariat
- International Institute for the Rights Of The Child
- International Labour Organization
- International Movement
- International Network on Juvenile Justice
- International Planned Parenthood Federation
- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
- International Service for Human Rights
- International Social Service International Secretariat
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Internationaler Sozialdienst SSI
- Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice
- Jesuit Refugee Service
- La Leche League International
- Maasai Aid Association
- Netzwerk Kinderrechte Schweiz - Réseau suisse des droits de l'enfant
- Office for International Affairs and Human Rights Lutheran World Federation
- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- One Child International Inc. (www.1child.net)
- Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture
- Pestalozzi Children's Foundation
- Quakers United Nations Office
- Save the Children Switzerland
- Soroptomist International
- SOS Children's Villages International
- Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
- Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
- Subgroup on Children in Armed Conflict and Displacement
- Subgroup on Education and Media
- Subgroup on the Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Terre des hommes - child relief
- TRIAL (Swiss Association Against Impunity)
- UN Commission on Human Rights
- UN Human Rights Council
- UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UN OHCHR - Committee against Torture
- UN OHCHR - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child
- UN OHCHR - Human Rights Committee
- UN OHCHR- Committee on Migrant Workers
- UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children - Secretariat
- UNAIDS
- UNESCO
- UNHCR Library and Visitors' Centre
- UNICEF Geneva Regional Office
- United Nations High Commission for Refugees
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Unlimited Productions
- Verein Kinderanwaltschaft Schweiz
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- Working Group for the Human Rights Council - NGO Group
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
- World Association of Early Childhood Educators
- World Council of Churches
- World Health Organisation
- World Movement of Mothers
- World Organisation of the Scout Movement
- World Vision International - International Liaison Office
