Warsaw, 31 October 2017
Opinion-Nr.: NHRI-CHE/312/2017 [AlC]
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OPINION
ON THE DRAFT FEDERAL LAW ON THE SUPPORT
TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTION
OF SWITZERLAND
based on an unofficial English translation of the Draft Act commissioned by the OSCE
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
This Opinion has benefited from contributions made by Mr. Marek Antoni Nowicki,
former international Ombudsperson in Kosovo; the National Institutions and Regional
Mechanisms Section of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR); and Ms. Alice Thomas, International Human Rights Law Expert.
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