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| Region | Switzerland |
| Issue | Conversion therapy |
| Status | Varies by Region |
| Start Date | May 16, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | On May 2, 2023 Neuchâtel banned conversion therapy. Valais Canton banned conversion therapy through the Cantonal parliament on the 16th of May 2024. Neuchâtel and Valais are cantons of Switzerland, of which there are 26. In the other 24 member states of the Swiss Confederation, conversion therapy remains legal. At the federal level, a bill has been languishing in parliament to ban conversion therapy at the national level. |
| Sources | https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/conversion-therapies-continue-to-take-their-toll-in-switzerland/47615648 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/first-law-banning-conversion-therapies-passed-in-switzerland/48480678 https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/12/12/fears-switzerland-could-become-hotspot-for-gay-conversion-tourism-amid-parliamentary-debat https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/conversion-therapy-banned-in-valais/77801036#:~:text=On%20Thursday%2C%20the%20cantonal%20parliament,sexual%20orientation%20or%20gender%20identity.&text=After%20examining%20around%20forty%20amendments,by%20106%20votes%20to%2021. |
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- Newer law has been passed "https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/conversion-therapy-banned-in-valais/77801036
Region of Switzerland recently banned conversion therapy"
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edited by PersianArchitecture. current 2 cantons with converision therapy bans
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| Start Date | Apr 6, 2023 | May 16, 2024 |
| End Date | May 1, 2023 | (none) |
created by PersianArchitecture
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Varies by Region |
| Start Date | Apr 6, 2023 |
| End Date | May 1, 2023 |
| Description | On May 2, 2023 Neuchâtel banned conversion therapy. Valais Canton banned conversion therapy through the Cantonal parliament on the 16th of May 2024. Neuchâtel and Valais are cantons of Switzerland, of which there are 26. In the other 24 member states of the Swiss Confederation, conversion therapy remains legal. At the federal level, a bill has been languishing in parliament to ban conversion therapy at the national level. |
| Sources | https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/conversion-therapies-continue-to-take-their-toll-in-switzerland/47615648 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/first-law-banning-conversion-therapies-passed-in-switzerland/48480678 https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/12/12/fears-switzerland-could-become-hotspot-for-gay-conversion-tourism-amid-parliamentary-debat https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/conversion-therapy-banned-in-valais/77801036#:~:text=On%20Thursday%2C%20the%20cantonal%20parliament,sexual%20orientation%20or%20gender%20identity.&text=After%20examining%20around%20forty%20amendments,by%20106%20votes%20to%2021. |