A mandatory referendum, also known as an obligatory referendum, is a referendum that is legally required to be held under specific circumstances. This is in contrast to an optional referendum, which c
A poster in support of the admission of Switzerland in the League of Nations (1920). Switzerland joined the United Nations in 2002.
In Switzerland, a popular initiative allows people to suggest laws on a federal, cantonal, and municipal level.
Demonstration, in front of the Federal Palace of Switzerland, in support of the federal popular initiative "for a ban on the export of military equipment", in 2007. The votation was organised on 29 November 2009.