Swiss sanctions policy
Improvements and shortcomings in implementation
Sandrine Giroud — 4 December 2023
On November 14, 2023, the Control Committee of the Council of States (CdG-E) published its follow-up report on the Confederation's involvement in the implementation of economic sanctions. Following recurrent criticism of Switzerland's policy in this area, which some consider too strict, others too lax, the Management Committees of the Federal Chambers of Parliament (CdG) had already decided in 2016 to commission the Parliamentary Control of Administration (CPA) to evaluate the Confederation's involvement in the application of economic sanctions. The task[...]