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2026

11.05.2026AIFI – 13th Conference: Between freedom and constraint, what justice for families? Bordeaux, 5–6 June 2026 · Events→17.03.2026International conference on parental separation – 30 September and 1 October 2026 · Events→15.01.2026Intercantonal meeting of French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland – 13 November 2025, Lausanne · Unaccompanied minors→

2025

02.12.2025“Reuniting families, rebuilding lives” · Child protection→16.10.2025Intercantonal meeting of French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland – 13 November 2025, Lausanne · Unaccompanied minors→25.09.2025Statement on the humanitarian situation in Gaza · ISS Switzerland→14.08.2025Social enquiries and international cooperation · Child protection→02.06.2025Le Temps – Intercountry adoption: “Being uprooted is a trauma” · Press→29.04.2025Annual Report 2024 · ISS Switzerland→17.04.202512th Intercantonal meeting of French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland – 26 November 2024, Lausanne · Unaccompanied minors→

2024

18.12.2024Concert: A musical journey · Events→01.12.2024Evaluation report of the parental consensus pilot project in Valais→18.09.2024Opening of the exhibition “Across Time and Borders, a century serving children and families” · Events→18.09.2024RTS – Back to school, a time when parental child abductions rise · Press→18.09.2024Tribune de Genève – A Geneva mother sees her son again after three years apart · Press→02.07.2024Save the date: 12th Intercantonal meeting of French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland · Unaccompanied minors→07.02.2024ISS 100 years · ISS Switzerland→

2023

01.12.2023We have moved! · ISS Switzerland→15.09.2023Internship offer – ISS General Secretariat→23.06.202311th Intercantonal meeting of French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland – 10 October 2023, Lausanne · Unaccompanied minors→05.06.2023New website for our General Secretariat→24.02.2023ISS Statement for 1 year anniversary of Ukraine war · ISS Switzerland→18.01.2023La Récré parentale – Separation: information and legal advice · Press→13.01.2023La Récré parentale – Report on the parental consensus model in Valais · Press→

2022

06.12.2022RTS La Matinale – Child abductions on the rise · Press→31.10.2022Mise au point – Parental abduction: interview with Albert Mukwiye · Press→05.09.2022RTS – How to get divorced successfully when you have children · Press→29.06.202210th Intercantonal meeting on the care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors and former UASMs · Events→28.06.2022Save the date: SRC national conference – 15 November 2022→20.05.2022RTS – How to get divorced successfully · Press→05.04.2022Campaign “Rejected young asylum seekers have a right to a future!” · Unaccompanied minors→04.03.2022Support for Ukraine · Migration→30.01.2022Mise au point – Return assistance · Press→

2021

07.12.2021ISS Switzerland New Year gathering 2022 · ISS Switzerland→19.11.2021RTS – Report on a young rejected asylum seeker leaving Switzerland · Press→19.11.2021RTS – Le Grand Soir · Press→15.11.2021Les Échos de Vacarme – Unaccompanied minors, facing the void · Press→30.09.2021RTS – The voice of adoptees · Press→27.09.2021Tages-Anzeiger – Child abductions in Switzerland · Press→

2020

03.11.2020Mentoring day · Unaccompanied minors→01.10.2020Announcement of a change of management · ISS Switzerland→03.09.2020Canton of Vaud – (De)constructing asylum · Press→03.06.2020Switzerland should return to its humanitarian tradition · Unaccompanied minors→

2019

04.12.2019RTS – Children of mixed couples, from divorce to kidnapping · Press→21.11.2019Conference “Joint parental authority – and what about the children?”: conference documents→27.09.2019Exhibition: Investing in education – preparing for the future · Events→04.04.2019La Télé – Rejected apprentices, a double rupture · Press→25.03.2019Capitalisation report on the CTRS project · Migration→16.03.2019RTS – Parental child abduction: the limits of justice · Press→05.03.2019ISS in the media – Tears of sadness and joy · Press→11.02.2019RTS – More than 400 young unaccompanied migrants went missing in 2018 · Press→11.02.2019RTS – Mobilisation for the education of young rejected migrants · Press→06.02.2019French-speaking Switzerland forum: young rejected migrants denied education? · Events→04.02.2019From Libyan prisons to family reunification · Migration→21.01.2019Invitation to the French-speaking Switzerland forum – 2 February 2019, Lausanne · Events→

2018

11.12.2018Immigration detention of migrant children: a call for alternatives · Unaccompanied minors→10.12.2018Conference on the Global Compact for Migration in Marrakesh · Events→10.12.2018Mission of the “Reintegration” programme to Georgia→04.12.2018The Global Compact for Migration: a new protection instrument · Press release→28.11.2018ADEM Conference 2018: sharing the resolutions · Events→09.11.2018Research Handbook on Child Migration→08.11.2018Supporting migrant children · Press→25.10.2018Care of young migrants: Switzerland going against children’s rights · Press release→25.10.2018WAN: 14th steering committee meeting→08.10.2018Participation in the 21st IAAH congress→04.10.201839th session of the Human Rights Council→19.09.2018News from the Safeparks project→12.09.2018Research seminar: family law – children’s rights · Events→10.09.2018Espace A conference on intercountry adoption · Events→26.06.2018Global Forum on Migration and Development→04.06.2018Review of the national conference on the search for origins · Events→03.05.2018ISS Switzerland mandate in Morocco on unaccompanied minors→23.04.2018Searching for one’s origins · Press→08.03.2018Dublin returns – Corriere del Ticino · Press→20.02.2018Conference “Searching for origins today”: programme and registration→02.02.2018Participation in the Asylum Symposium in Bern→02.02.2018International expert meeting on surrogacy→30.01.2018Interview on behalf of ADEM on RTS La Matinale · Press→05.01.2018Tribune de Genève: the Hans Erni Prize for commitment to young people · Press→

2017

21.12.2017Between Appenzell and Ouagadougou: exhibition on the 2017 Hans Erni Prize→18.12.2017International Migrants Day: children first!→07.12.2017Handbook on the care of unaccompanied minors in Switzerland – second edition · Unaccompanied minors→07.12.2017Resolution of the ADEM 2017 conference · Unaccompanied minors→26.11.20172017 Hans Erni Prize awarded to Rolf Widmer, President of ISS Switzerland · ISS Switzerland→17.10.20177th Special Commission on the 1980 and 1996 Hague Conventions→04.10.201725th anniversary of the International Reference Centre (ISS/IRC)→15.09.2017Little hands in Bamako · Press→16.06.2017Annual meeting of ISS member country heads · Events→22.05.2017ADEM regrets Bern vote on accommodation for unaccompanied minors · Press release→14.05.2017Child abductor wanted money for maintenance · Press→12.05.2017Young migrants with mentors · Press→28.04.2017Legal representation of unaccompanied minors and legislative revisions · Position statement→25.04.2017ADEM response: foster family placements for unaccompanied minors (Aargau) · Position statement→24.04.2017The charter for international family mediation processes→17.04.201720 years ago, Switzerland ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child→15.03.2017New Zurich platform for migrant children and young people · Unaccompanied minors→09.03.2017New safeparks on the horizon · Migration→

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