Since August 14, 2023, vigils have been held in the
Swiss village of Sissach, with the participation not only of
ordinary citizens but also of various associations, now also abroad.
What is it about?
Two boys are to be vaccinated against measles at the request of
their father, but neither the boys nor their mother wants this.
During the couple's 2019 divorce proceedings, the child's father had
requested that the court rule on the parents' dispute.
The court denied the father's request several times.
Because in Switzerland was valid so far:
If both parents do not agree to vaccination, the children will not be vaccinated.
But the following year, Switzerland's highest court, the
Federal Supreme Court, took up the issue.
It ruled in July 2023 that in cases where parents cannot agree on
measles vaccination, it is not the decision of the - in this case
- single mother and the children concerned that is decisive, but - get
this - the recommendation of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
This federal court decision is a paradigm shift.
But that was not enough: Already on
August 8, 2023, an enforcement decision by
the child and adult protection authority (KESB)
arrived posthaste and as if orchestrated.
This is the only authority that could have put a stop
to this explicitly undesired measles vaccination - and the questionable ruling
of the Federal Court - in order to protect children.
What's more, measles vaccination is now even to be enforced by police coercion.
Due to the risk of being intercepted and vaccinated, the
mother and children now no longer live at home;
the children also no longer attend their school.
An intolerable state of affairs, paradoxically triggered by the child and adult protection authority.
According to expert voices, the Federal Court decision is not
only a precedent and highly questionable, but it violates the
Swiss Federal Constitution, UN human rights conventions and the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Therefore, the KESB has to face the question whether it really serves the protection
of adults and children or whether it is in bondage to other interests.
Perhaps the vaccination lobby?