As long as the red button exists, there is no security At the beginning of July, the initiative to ban nuclear weapons was launched: it calls for Switzerland's long-overdue accession to the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons. terre des hommes schweiz stands behind this cause: Switzerland must recommit to its humanitarian tradition! Nuclear weapons are among the greatest threats of our time. Since [...]
The indispensable role of development cooperation The topic of security is currently dominating the political debate in Switzerland. However, it revolves around a very limited understanding of security. Those who take a holistic approach to security policy, on the other hand, recognize the importance of various actors. Development cooperation, for example, makes a significant contribution to the prevention of crises. At the beginning of June, the Council of States decided to [...]
The impact of development cooperation (DC) is repeatedly called into question. This is also the case, for example, in the current debate surrounding the budget cuts in favor of the reconstruction of Ukraine. What is the truth behind the criticism? We categorize three prejudices against development cooperation. "If development cooperation were any good, there wouldn't still be so much poverty." The fact is that
The federal government wants to save on development cooperation: Next year, the new International Cooperation Strategy (IC) 2025 - 2028 and the budget for it will be discussed in parliament. It is already clear that cuts for IC are imminent. terre des hommes switzerland asked young people in Basel for their opinion on this. The Federal Council has
A policy for the future must take the perspective of young people seriously. This also applies to international cooperation, which is a concern of the younger generation. A generation is growing up around the world that thinks and feels much more globally than their parents and grandparents. Young people today are growing up in a highly interconnected globalized world. They are
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
Today, September 15, the National Council debated the corrective initiative. To the great delight of the Alliance against Arms Exports to Civil War Countries, the National Council and the Council of States have taken up and implemented all its core concerns. The initiative, for which terre des hommes switzerland is campaigning, will therefore be withdrawn. A great day for a credible peace policy. Now it is a matter of
On Monday, September 13, 2021, the National Council will discuss the corrective initiative including a counter-proposal. The Council of States has already passed a counter-proposal in spring, which represents an acceptable compromise for the Alliance against Arms Exports to Civil War Countries. If the National Council follows the proposal of the Council of States, the Alliance will withdraw the corrective initiative. terre des hommes switzerland is committed to the initiative.
The latest SECO figures on war material exports in the first half of 2021 show: When approving arms exports, the Swiss authorities turn a blind eye to serious human rights violations in the recipient countries.
On Sunday 6 June, the first Swiss Refugee Parliament met in the Trinity Church in Berne. A historic milestone for Switzerland. At the end of the session, the participants presented ten selected demands to politicians present and connected.
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