The implementation of international human rights law in federal States is an underexplored process. Subnational entities regularly enjoy a degree of sovereignty, which raises questions such as whether they implement obligations of international law and how the federal level may ensure that implementation takes place at the subnational level. This article aims to answer these questions, using the implementation of the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Convention) in Switzerland as a case study. To implement the Convention at the cantonal level, federal actors decided to use networks of civil servants in charge of domestic violence issues, who act as governmental human rights focal points (GHRFPs). This article is based on original empirical data, on 25 interviews with State officials who participate in this implementation. The findings show how complex GHRFPs networks work in practice to implement the Convention and highlight the role played by numerous non-legal State actors in this process. As a result, the article argues that international human rights law implementation becomes more diversified both within and across federal States.

在联邦国家执行国际人权法是一个尚未充分开发的过程。地方以下实体通常享有一定程度的主权，这引发了一些问题，例如它们是否履行国际法义务，以及联邦政府如何确保在地方以下国家实施该法律。本文旨在通过案例研究在瑞士实施《防止和打击对妇女的暴力行为和家庭暴力公约》（公约）来回答这些问题。为了在州一级执行《公约》，联邦行为者决定使用负责家庭暴力问题的公务员网络，这些网络充当政府人权联络点。本文基于原始经验数据，对参与该实施的国家官员进行了25次采访。调查结果表明，GHHRPs网络在实践中如何有效地执行《公约》，并突出了众多非法律国家行为者在这一过程中所发挥的作用。结果，该文章认为，国际人权法的实施在联邦国家内部和联邦国家之间变得更加多样化。