A federal initiative to strengthen the rights of people with disabilities

Inadequate legal framework, barriers to employment and training, restricted political rights, forced sterilizations or discriminatory architecture: these are just some of the shortcomings of Switzerland in terms of the inclusion of people with disabilities, assessed at 1.8 million in the country. These harsh findings were made by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in its assessment released in March. Tired of waiting for the Confederation to act, sector associations are preparing a popular initiative “for inclusion”, learned Time.