Other conventions and partial agreements

Switzerland is a contracting party of various treaties which were negotiated under the aegis of the Council of Europe.

List of treaties which Switzerland has signed and ratified or to which it has acceded

List of treaties signed, but not ratified, by Switzerland

Complete list of Council of Europe Treaties

Monitoring the implementation process: Rapports concerning Switzerland

Partial agreements are not international treaties but written agreements between several Council of Europe member states to participate in a specific concrete common project. In many cases membership is open to other states.

Switzerland is member of the following partial agreements of the Council of Europe

Council of Europe Developement Bank (CEB)

Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS)

European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venedigkommission)

EURIMAGES - European Cinema Support Fund

European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM)

European Centre for Modern Languages (Graz)

Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group)

Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes

Group of States against corruption (GRECO)

Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card

The Federal Council regularly publishes reports on Switzerland and the conventions of the Council of Europe, in which it examines the difficulties that a signing or ratification of these instruments may entail for this country and the priority accorded it. The last report of this kind – the 11th – is dated 24 August 2016.

Report on Switzerland and the Council of Europe’s conventions (PDF, 40 Pages, 1.2 MB, French)