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EU Corporate Responsibility Law: Switzerland soon the only country in Europe without corporate responsibility?

The EU Commission presented the draft for an EU-wide corporate responsibility law in Brussels today. It obliges corporations to respect human rights and the environment and - like the Corporate Responsibility Initiative (CRI) - contains liability rules and sanctions in the event of violations. The Federal Council must now keep its promise from the referendum campaign and ensure that Switzerland will not soon be the only

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"The emergency aid system makes you sick": asylum seekers after negative decision

Media release - Rejected asylum seekers in Switzerland usually end up in the emergency aid system. Here, the conditions are almost everywhere inhumane and harmful to health, criticize about 450 professionals from medicine, psychotherapy and psychology. In an open letter to the authorities and politicians, as well as to offices and enforcement organizations, they demand humane treatment of asylum seekers with negative decisions. Support

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New members strengthen Alliance Sud

Alliance Sud, the working group of Swiss aid organizations, is growing. terre des hommes schweiz, which has been involved in this Swiss development policy think tank for over ten years, is delighted about this. "Switzerland needs to be development-friendly," says Franziska Lauper, executive director at terre des hommes schweiz. "More than ever, we need a strong development policy voice in Switzerland." -

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Reto Mischler new Head of Communications and Fundraising

Media release - With Reto Mischler, Head of Communications and Fundraising at terre des hommes switzerland since September 1, 2021, a proven executive joins the Swiss development organization for young people. The fundraising expert and political scientist from Bern, born in 1969, has worked in well-known regional, national and international non-profit organizations. He spent several years in the Middle East and in

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Really knowing children's rights: Teaching material for a solidary school

Media release - To mark International Children's Rights Day, four Swiss organizations for the rights and perspectives of children and young people are publishing a pedagogical toolkit for professionals in schools and education. It focuses on the topic of play, leisure and recreation. The toolkit can be downloaded free of charge from the website www.children-rights.ch.

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Festival imagine goes Sommercasino

For 20 years, a group of young people in Basel and the region have been demonstrating how youth culture, creativity and social commitment can be combined effectively and with pleasure. This is imagine basel, the self-organized project of terre des hommes switzerland. On June 4 and 5, a Corona-suitable alternative program to the world-famous sound festival will be held in Basel for

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"Refugees need daily structure"

Media release - In Swiss asylum and refugee policy, there are often heated arguments. The people at the center of the debate hardly get a chance to speak. The First Swiss Refugee Parliament wants to change that. On June 6, the first Swiss Refugee Session will take place in Bern. Jeyani Thiyagaraja from Basel (picture from February 2021), participant in a project for refugees.

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