In practical terms, how do we help children and young people? What does it mean when we guarantee children's procedural rights by mediating between professionals and children? To familiarise you with our work, we are introducing a series of narratives that describe recurrent - and thus typical - examples of our counselling activity.
Providing legal advice to children and young people requires particular expertise and a high degree of specialisation. What is it that enables us to advise children, to mediate, to make recommendations and to initiate further reform towards a child-friendly legal system? Here, we offer an insight into the skills profile of our advisors.
Our CEO Irène Inderbitzin explains in an interview why children’s rights haven’t been adequately implemented in Switzerland and why the Ombuds Office for Children’s Rights Switzerland is key to improving the situation for affected children and young people.
The Swiss Parliament passed ‘Marriage for all’ in December 2020. Thousands of children are already living in same-sex families in Switzerland. The amendments to the Swiss Civil Code (in German) include:
