NCP: National Contact Point Switzerland
Address | Berne, Switzerland |
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Website | https://www.seco.admin.ch/seco/en/home/Aussenwirtschaftspolitik_Wirtschaftliche_Zusammenarbeit/Wirtschaftsbeziehungen/NKP.html |
Structure and functioning | This Swiss NCP is a single department NCP and is located within the Ministry of Economic Affairs |
24 cases relating to 'National Contact Point Switzerland':
Title | Issue | Date filed | Status |
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Public Eye et al. vs. Syngenta | Syngenta pesticide poisons Indian agricultural workers | 17 September 2020 | Filed |
Society for Threatened Peoples Switzerland vs UBS Group | UBS group business relation to surveillance of the Uyghurs | 22 June 2020 | Filed |
Society for Threatened Peoples vs. BKW Energie AG | BKW Energie AG's wind production on Sami territory Norway | 16 January 2020 | Pending |
Conectas Human Rights & ADERE MG v. Starbucks | Violation of labour rights in Brazilian coffee farms | 21 August 2018 | Rejected |
Conectas Human Rights & ADERE MG v. Illy | Violation of labour rights in Brazilian coffee farms | 21 August 2018 | Rejected |
BIRD vs. Rolex | HPG's human rights impact in Bahrain | 11 April 2018 | Rejected |
TuK Indonesia vs. Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) | RSPO's violation of Indonesian indigenous peoples rights | 23 January 2018 | Agreement |
Society for Threatened Peoples vs. Credit Suisse | Risks associated with North Dakota Access Pipeline in USA | 24 April 2017 | Agreement |
ADHRB vs. FIFA | FIFA's link to human rights violations in Bahrain | 10 February 2016 | Rejected |
Survival International vs. WWF | Adverse impacts on indigenous people’s rights in Cameroon | 10 February 2016 | Withdrawn |
ELSAM et all. vs. Holcim Indonesia | Holcim’s complicity in HR abuses and conflict in Indonesia | 19 March 2015 | Concluded |
The LEAD Group vs Innospec | Health risks related to leaded gasoline | 27 August 2011 | Concluded |
The LEAD Group vs Xstrata PLC | Health risks related to leaded gasoline | 27 August 2011 | Agreement |
Sherpa et al vs First Quantum Minerals | Tax Evasion by Glencore and First Quantum Mining in Zambia | 12 April 2011 | Concluded |
Sherpa et al vs Glencore International AG | Tax Evasion by Glencore and First Quantum Mining in Zambia | 12 April 2011 | Concluded |
ECCHR, Sherpa & UGF vs Louis Dreyfus | Child labour in the Uzbek cotton trade | 23 December 2010 | Agreement |
ECCHR, Sherpa & UGF vs Devcot S.A. | Child labour in the Uzbek cotton trade | 25 October 2010 | Concluded |
ECCHR, Sherpa and UGF vs Otto Stadtlander | Child labour in the Uzbek cotton trade | 25 October 2010 | Agreement |
ECCHR, Sherpa & UGF vs ECOM Agroindus-trial Corp Ltd. | Child labour in the Uzbek cotton trade | 25 October 2010 | Agreement |
ECCHR, Sherpa & UGF vs Paul Reinhart AG | Child labour in the Uzbek cotton trade | 25 October 2010 | Agreement |
Thai and Filipino labour unions vs Triumph International | Labour rights at Triumph Thai & Philippine garment factories | 3 December 2009 | Concluded |
Colombian communities vs. Xstrata | BHP Billiton and forced evictions at Colombian coal mine | 4 October 2007 | Concluded |
Colombian communities vs. BHP Billiton | BHP Billiton and forced evictions at Colombian coal mine | 26 June 2007 | Concluded |
NGO vs. Mining company operating in the DRC | Mining in conflict-affected zones in the DRC | 17 May 2005 | Rejected |