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Children’s rights in politics: isolated improvements achieved

18 December 2024
The Ombuds Office Children’s Rights Switzerland aims to contribute its extensive knowledge to political discourse in order to strengthen children’s rights and ensure a child-friendly justice system. To this end, in 2024 it participated in numerous bills submitted for consultation, amongst other activities. In the coming year, the political developments concerning the planned enshrining of a non-violent upbringing in the Swiss Civil Code (CC) as well as the next steps taken by the Federal Council regarding the Noser motion for a public ombuds office for children’s rights will be particularly decisive.
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Video discussion: Children’s rights in focus – new findings on the impact of the Ombuds Office

17 December 2024

How does the Ombuds Office Children’s Rights Switzerland contribute to the protection and well-being of children and young people? What added value does its work generate? The meticulous new impact analysis carried out by INTERFACE Politikstudien in recent months provides answers to these questions. 

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Impact analysis on the Ombuds Office Children’s Rights Switzerland underlines comprehensive benefit for children, families and wider society

12 December 2024

Launched in 2021, the Ombuds Office Children’s Rights Switzerland supports children and adolescents by providing low-threshold, child-friendly legal advice and intermediary services in complex proceedings. In doing so, it helps young people protect and uphold their rights. For the first time, a new impact analysis by Interface Politikstudien Forschung Beratung, commissioned by the Ombuds Office, illustrates the significant positive effect this work has on children, those in their immediate circle and society as a whole.