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Information to the media

Published: 14.08.2024 / Updated: 21.10.2024
The SHRI is available for media requests at +41 26 505 44 44 or at media@isdh.ch.

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3Fach, Krass Politik (30.09.2024, in Swiss German)

RSI, Seidisera (25.09.2024, in Italian)

Tagesanzeiger, Wie die FDP in vier Wochen ihre Meinung zur Asylpolitik änderte (14.09.2024, in German)

Radio SRF, Ein Jahr Menschenrechtsinstitution SMRI (23.05.2024, in German)

Klimaseniorinnen case

Freiburger Nachrichten, «Unklar und ungenügend»: Schweizerische Menschenrechtsinstitution kritisiert den Bundesrat (30.08.2024, in German)

Corriere del Ticino, Sentenza CEDU, il Governo si dice critico (29.08.2024, in Italian)

Die Wochenzeitung, Klimaurteil: Schweiz ganz unschuldig (29.08.2024, in German)

Corriere del Ticino, «Quella del Consiglio federale è una dichiarazione insufficiente e ambigua» (28.08.2024, in Italian)

Swiss government rebuffs climate ruling: next stop Strasbourg (28.04.2024, in English)

YLE, Schweiz parlament och regering trotsar klimatdom: ”Vi har gjort tillräckligt för att bekämpa klimatförändringen” (29.08.2024, in Finnish

Wochenzeitung, «Es gibt keine apolitischen Urteile» (25.04.2024, in German)