United Nations
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
CEDAW/C/CHE/CO/4-5
Distr.: General
25 November 2016
Original: English
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women
Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth
periodic reports of Switzerland*
1.
The Committee considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of
Switzerland (CEDAW/C/CHE/4-5) at its 1445th and 1446th meetings, on
2 November 2016 (see CEDAW/SR.1445 and 1446). The Committee’s list of issues
and questions is contained in CEDAW/C/CHE/Q/4-5 and the responses of
Switzerland are contained in CEDAW/C/CHE/Q/4-5Add.1.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee appreciates the submission by the State party of its combined
fourth and fifth periodic reports. It also appreciates the State party’s written replies
to the list of issues and questions raised by the pre-sessional working group and
welcomes the oral presentation by the delegation and the further clarifications
provided in response to the questions posed orally by the Committee during the
dialogue and the information provided electronically following the dialogue.
3.
The Committee commends the State party on its multisectoral delegation,
which was headed by the Director of the Federal Office for Gender Equality, Sylvie
Durrer, and her colleagues from the Directorates of Legal Affairs and Do mestic
Violence within the Federal Office for Gender Equality. The delegation was further
composed of representatives from the Federal Department of Home Affairs
(including the Federal Statistical Office, the Federal Social Insurance Office, the
Federal Service against Racism and the Secretariat for Demographics and
Migration), the Federal Department of Justice and Police (including the State
Secretariat for Migration, the Federal Office of Police and the Directorate of Public
Law), the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (including the Directorate of
International Law, the Directorate of Human Security and the General Secretariat
for Equality), the Federal Department of Finance (including the Federal Office of
Personnel), the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
* Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fifth session (24 October-18 November 2016).
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