Switzerland The Swiss Confederation is a constitutional republic with a federal structure. Legislative authority resides in a bicameral parliament (Federal Assembly). Federal Assembly elections are considered free and fair. Parliament elects the executive leadership every four years. The government had mechanisms in place to identify, investigate, prosecute, and punish officials who may commit human rights abuses, engage in corruption, or both.The overall score indicates that there are medium risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.: Low enforcement efforts on labor traffickingThreats of discrimination of women and older persons in the workplaceCases of systemic racism against individuals of African descentThreats of discrimination against members of national, racial, and ethnic minority groups as well as against LGBTQI+ persons Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB Overall Score 79/100 Global Rights Index 70,0/100 (2) Human Development Index 96,2/100 (0,962) Kids Rights Index 82,2/100 (0,822) Children's Rights in the Workplace Index 73,0/100 (2,7) Global Slavery Index 98,5/100 (1,51) Trafficking in persons report 62,5/100 (T2) Global Gender Gap Index 79,5/100 (0,795) Fragile States Index 84,3/100 (18,9) Freedom in the World Index 96,0/100 (96) Environmental Performance Index 65,9/100 (65,9) Corruption Perceptions Index 84,0/100 (84) Equality Index 80,0/100 (80)
Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB