Swiss Government Calls on China to Abolish the Colonial Boarding Schools

Statement released on April 13, 2023

Original Statement: https://www.parlament.ch/fr/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20237230

Translation of Statement:
Switzerland supports the recommendations of the UN Covenant I Committee of 7 March 2023, which asks China to take all necessary measures to guarantee the full exercise of cultural rights, and to abolish the boarding school system imposed on Tibetan children and to authorize the establishment of private Tibetan schools.