Today in Berne, Federal Councillor Cassis received #Niger 🇳🇪 MFA Bakary Yaou Sangaré: The visit confirmed Niger's wish to benefit from 🇨🇭 #GoodOffices and provided the opportunity to discuss the structure & content of a #dialogue process facilitated by Swiss Peace and Human Rights.

#Switzerland welcomes the adoption of resolution 2730 by the🇺🇳Security Council today.

The🇨🇭resolution is a strong and hopeful message in favor of the respect for international humanitarian law.

Full statement: bit.ly/3VdIknh

#APlusForPeace 🕊️

Fruitful exchange with Nemanja Starović 🇷🇸 Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran & Social Affairs in Belgrade: We discussed the well-established & valued Swiss contribution to #dialogue between #Serbia & #Kosovo .

A #normalization of relations between the two sides is key for #peace

Deputy Head of Swiss Peace and Human Rights Christine Löw held a substantial human rights dialogue with Roberto De León H in #Mexico .
Thank you to the delegation from Relaciones Exteriores for the constructive exchange. We look forward to future collaborations promoting #HumanRights . 🇨🇭🤝🇲🇽

Protecting civilians includes ensuring that they don’t go missing in conflict.

👉statement of the Global Alliance for the Missing 🇦🇷 🇦🇿 🇨🇴 🇭🇷 🇪🇪 🇬🇲 🇰🇼 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇳🇴 🇵🇪 🇰🇷 🇨🇭 at #UNSC #PoC Open Debate. Switzerland is proud to co-chair the Alliance.
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At the #Kornhaus Dialogue hosted by foraus, Ambassade de France en Suisse 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 & Maria Rotheiser-Scotti, AMB Simon Geissbühler gave the keynote speech on #democracy , #authoritarianism & #cooperation and discussed how Swiss MFA 🇨🇭 works on democracy support as a new Swiss foreign policy priority.

👉🏻 On #IDAHOBIT2024 , Swiss Peace and Human Rights joins the #ERC in condemning all forms of violence and discrimination against #LGBTQI + persons and recalls their right to #HumanRights and #FundamentalFreedoms , irrespective of their sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

At today's event hosted by Embassy of Hungary in Switzerland 🇭🇺 & Gamaraal Foundation commemorating the #deportation of over 400'000 Hungarian Jews to #Auschwitz 80 yrs ago, AMB Geissbühler underlined that remembrance & knowing the facts abt the #Shoah is key, an act of #justice & the basis to act now.

Swiss Peace and Human Rights together with the Swiss Embassy in Jakarta Ambassador Olivier Zehnder held a constructive human rights dialogue with #Indonesia .
Thank you to Indonesias Directorate General for Human Rights for the exchange. We look forward to future collaborations promoting #HumanRights . 🇨🇭🤝🇮🇩

The protection of the rights of minorities is part of the Swiss DNA.
Swiss Peace and Human Rights is supporting #MinorityRights abroad and working with #osce . Thank you OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov for coming to #Berne ! Switzerland OSCE

👉 How to foster #trust in democratic institutions & processes? What makes & breaks democratic #culture ?
Thanks to all participants & experts from 13 countries 🌍 at the 3rd #Democracy Retreat! Strengthening the #Giessbach Network is a goal of 🇨🇭 Foreign Policy Strategy 2024-27.

The 3rd Swiss Peace and Human Rights #Giessbach Democracy Retreat hosted by AMB Geissbühler is a unique platform to discuss #democracysupport & preventing #backsliding w/ high-level reps from 🇦🇷🇧🇼🇨🇷🇨🇿🇩🇪🇬🇭🇬🇹🇮🇩🇳🇬🇺🇸 & renowned experts.

👉 Democracy is a new priority of 🇨🇭 foreign policy 2024-27.

#Sexualviolence in conflict must end! Prevention, response & accountability are 🔑.

AMB Geissbühler signs agreement to contribute to 🇺🇳 UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict under the leadership of USG SRSG Ms. Patten UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict.
#WPS #Aplus4peace

Congrats to our partner SIPRI for an excellent 2024 Peace & Development #SthlmForum !
In a changing conflict landscape, we discuss how best to
👉 build trust
👉 protect civilians
👉 transition from peacekeeping to peacebuilding
👉 advance #ClimatePeaceSecurity
👉 & much more

Going forward with #WPS : Swiss Peace and Human Rights coordinates the 5th 🇨🇭 #NAP1325 .
Fruitful exchanges on strategic orientation today between Swiss ministries and civil society, partnering up to implement the #WPS Agenda.

🇨🇭 thanks SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily for his efforts towards an inclusive political process in Libya 🇱🇾. Supporting these efforts, Swiss Peace and Human Rights reiterates the need for the full, meaningful and safe participation of women, youth and civil society representatives.
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Today, #journalists face an unprecedented range of threats and challenges that restrict their ability to report without fear. #mediafreedom must be upheld and protected, now more than ever. This is why 🇨🇭 Swiss Peace and Human Rights joins the Media Freedom Coalition Statement on #WorldPressFreedomDay

Protecting data means protecting people!

Looking forward to today's panel on humanitarian data sharing 🌐. Thank you OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data for the opportunity to speak on this important topic.

👉Check out the principled framework by @OCHA, ICRC and 🇨🇭 centre.humdata.org/a-principled-f…