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| Region | Switzerland |
| Issue | Conversion therapy |
| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jun 17, 2016 |
| End Date | Nov 2021 |
| Description | In 2016, the National Council stated that conversion therapy and similar practices would go against the "loi sur les professions de la psychologie" (Psychological Professions Act) and should therefore be banned however the enforcement of this is seemingly non-existent. |
| Sources | theoretical ban: https://www.parlament.ch/en/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20163073 theoretical ban: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/switzerland/ - Section 6.6 Enforcement: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/conversion-therapies-continue-to-take-their-toll-in-switzerland/47615648 |
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| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jun 17, 2016 |
| End Date | Nov 2021 |
| Description | In 2016, the National Council stated that conversion therapy and similar practices would go against the "loi sur les professions de la psychologie" (Psychological Professions Act) and should therefore be banned however the enforcement of this is seemingly non-existent. |
| Sources | theoretical ban: https://www.parlament.ch/en/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20163073 theoretical ban: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/switzerland/ - Section 6.6 Enforcement: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/conversion-therapies-continue-to-take-their-toll-in-switzerland/47615648 |