The pilot project AppElle! allows women and children affected by violence, as well as their relatives and professionals, to contact qualified counsellors 24/7 by calling 031/ 533 03 03. AppElle! is offered in German and French. The service meets the highest standards of confidentiality.

24/7:

Address:

Chemin de la Prairie 34
1007 Lausanne

Victim Support and Child Protection Unit

 

Adresse:

Fachstelle OKey
General-Guisan-Strasse 47
8400 Winterthur

Shelter and Advice Center

 

Address:

Rue du Controle 12
2503 Biel/Bienne

The Domestic Violence Education Centre has been offering further education and training as well as prevention and networking work since 2002. Our goal is to expand the profession-specific skills needed to deal with domestic violence. We work with schools, health institutions, companies, social services, police training academies, training institutions for social, medical and educational professions, as well as other involved parties and professional groups, such as courts and doctors.

 

Adresse:

Bildungsstelle Häusliche Gewalt
Postfach
6002 Luzern

(Formerly TERRE DES FEMMES Switzerland)

Brava combats violence against women and sexism in Switzerland. In so doing, we pay special attention to people in particularly precarious situations, such as women refugees.

We counter injustices by taking various approaches: with education programmes, counselling, political work and awareness-raising work.

 

Adresse:

Standstrasse 42
CH–3014 Bern

Civil society as a key player

The Istanbul Convention gives NGOs, specialised services and other civil society players an important role in implementation and monitoring. In Switzerland, it is non-governmental and not-for-profit organisations that are responsible for a large part of the assistance provided and for the protection institutions for people affected by violence. Under the Convention, Switzerland is obliged to encourage these organisations and to develop cooperation with them. Given their experience in the field, NGOs and specialised services are the main partners of the body responsible for evaluation, GREVIO, insofar as it is to this body that they report on the situation in their respective countries.

The Conference for the Protection of Children and Adults (KOKES) is an intercantonal specialist and directors’ conference. It coordinates the cooperation between the cantons, with the federal government and with national organisations. It organises specialist conferences, collects statistics for the whole of Switzerland and makes professional recommendations.

The purpose of the KOKES is:

Address:

Werftestrasse 1
Case postale 2945
6002 Lucerne

 

The non-profit association ‘Netzwerk Kinderrechte Schweiz’ (Swiss Child Rights Network) is made up of Swiss non-governmental organisations that work to promote the recognition and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Switzerland. One of the network’s main tasks is to report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which regularly reviews the progress and obstacles to the realisation of children’s rights in Switzerland. As part of this process, the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is monitored, commented on in periodic reports and discussed in dialogue with authorities and organisations.

 

Address:

Bureau Réseau suisse des droits de l’enfant

c/o polsan AG

Effingerstrasse 2

CH-3011 Bern

The Child and Adult Protection Contact Point (KESCHA) is an information and counselling service for people who are affected by a child or adult protection measure. Among other things, the contact centre advises people who have questions about guardianship or proceedings by the child and adult protection authority (KESB) or the court.

 

Adresse:

Dörflistrasse 50
8050 Zürich