Country: Switzerland

Plant growing out of a cup of coins
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Taxes, a matter of life or death

By Rachel Etter-Phoya ■ 19 July 2023 ■ 5 min READ
A man in a grocery store considering two green apples he is holding in his hands
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Switzerland’s tax referendum is a choice between tax havenry and more tax havenry

By Telita Snyckers ■ 16 June 2023 ■ 6 min READ
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The global tax rate is now a tax haven rewards programme, and Switzerland wants in first

By Dominik Gross ■ 6 April 2023 ■ 8 min READ
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CEDAW chimes differently to ECJ ruling on human rights and financial transparency

By Liz Nelson ■ 20 December 2022 ■ 3 min READ
Pedestrian street and clocktower in Bern, Switzerland
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UN committee hears evidence of harms of Swiss financial secrecy on women’s rights

By Liz Nelson ■ 17 October 2022 ■ 2 min READ
The front exterior of a Credit Suisse bank branch.
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The Swiss banking clean-up is a mirage

By Nick Shaxson ■ 22 February 2022 ■ 4 min READ ■ 1 comments
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Buffet of tax-evading secrecy revealed by US settlement with Swiss bank Rahn+Bodmer

By Andres Knobel ■ 6 April 2021 ■ 8 min READ
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Some things never change: the use of Swiss banks by crooks

By Andres Knobel ■ 15 February 2021 ■ 6 min READ
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Whistleblower Rudolf Elmer: legal opinion on latest ruling

By Naomi Fowler ■ 4 June 2019 ■ 2 min READ ■ 1 comments
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It’s time for countries to start publishing the data they’re collecting under OECD’s Common Reporting Standard

By Andres Knobel ■ 11 July 2018 ■ 5 min READ
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Africa’s battle against financial secrecy: Financial Secrecy Index

By Rachel Etter-Phoya ■ 14 February 2018 ■ 5 min READ
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Financial Secrecy Index 2018: watch and listen

By Naomi Fowler ■ 2 February 2018 ■ 2 min READ ■ 2 comments
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Switzerland, USA and Cayman top the 2018 Financial Secrecy Index

By George Turner ■ 30 January 2018 ■ 6 min READ ■ 1 comments
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Access to Swiss banking information for developing countries hangs in the balance

By George Turner ■ 7 September 2017 ■ 2 min READ
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Swiss Politicians seek to block automatic exchange of banking information with developing countries

By George Turner ■ 14 August 2017 ■ 3 min READ ■ 1 comments
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Worst fears realised? Jersey shares ‘old’ records of trusts and foundations

By Naomi Fowler ■ 28 June 2017 ■ 3 min READ
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Whistleblower Ruedi Elmer vs. the Swiss ‘Justice’ System

By Naomi Fowler ■ 2 June 2017 ■ 3 min READ
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Forthcoming book: Tax Havens and International Human Rights Law

By John Christensen ■ 8 May 2017 ■ 3 min READ ■ 2 comments
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Review of 2016

By George Turner ■ 31 December 2016 ■ 7 min READ ■ 7 comments
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UN criticises Switzerland and pressure mounts over human rights impacts of tax havens

By Naomi Fowler ■ 1 December 2016 ■ 4 min READ ■ 2 comments
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Switzerland and information exchange: tweak, tweak and something will always remain

By Andres Knobel ■ 28 November 2016 ■ 4 min READ ■ 3 comments
REPORT

Switzerland – Submission to UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

By Liz Nelson
24 October 2016