BackThe Swiss Center of Expertise in Human Rights was inaugurated on 6 May 2011 and will be directed by Prof. Walter Kälin of the Institute for Public Law at the University of Bern. The universities of Bern, Neuchâtel, Fribourg and Zurich in association with the Academic Institute Kurt Bösch, the Center for Human Rights Teachings at the University of Teacher Education in Lucerne as well as the association humanrights.ch – MERS are actively participating in the project.
As a service centre. Its main task is to promote and facilitate the process of implementing international human rights obligations at all levels of the Swiss political system. The SCHR has been selected on the strength of its proven human rights competence, in particular in the six clusters of migration, police and justice, gender politics, children and youth politics, institutional issues as well as human rights and business.
The SCHR will offer practical resources, i.e. studies, conferences, information and education, to strengthen the capacities of public authorities on all levels and of public as well as business institutions; thus, supporting their efforts to protect and promote human rights issues in Switzerland and helping to advance the public discussion on the subject.
