Legislation
Swiss legislation
Asylum Act (LAsi) of 26 June 1998 (as at 1 October 2015)
Federal law on foreigners (LEtr) of 16 December 2005 (as at 1 October 2015)
Ordinance 1 on asylum on the procedure (OA 1) of 11 August 1999 (as at 29 September 2015): French or German
Ordinance on admission, residence and gainful employment (OASA) of 24 October 2007 (as at 1 January 2016): French or German
Directive from 1 January 2008 on the field of asylum (State as at Nov. 2, 2012)
European texts
UNCHR and Council of Europe (2014). Unaccompanied and separated asylum-seeking and refugee children turning eighteen: What to celebrate?
A 2010-2014 action plan and a series of recommendations of the Council of Europe requiring specific protection of unaccompanied minors.European Parliament, Nathalie Griesbeck (2013). Report on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the European Union
European Commission (2012). Mid-term report on the implementation of the Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors 2010-2014
Council of Europe (2011). Resolution 1810: Problems related to arrival, stay and return of unaccompanied children in Europe
Council of Europe (2010). Action plan for unaccompanied minors 2010-2014
Council of Europe (2007). Recommendation CM / Rec (2007) 9 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on life projects for unaccompanied migrant minors
International texts
International Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)
General Observation No. 6 of the Children's Rights Committee (2005): Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin