Federal Act
on Research involving Human Beings
(Human Research Act, HRA)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 30 September 2011 (Status as of 26 May 2021)


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Art. 19 Liability

1 Any per­son who car­ries out a re­search pro­ject in­volving per­sons shall be li­able for dam­age suffered by them in con­nec­tion with the pro­ject. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may spe­cify ex­emp­tions from li­ab­il­ity.

2 Com­pens­a­tion claims pre­scribe in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 60 of the Swiss Code of Ob­lig­a­tions.6 The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may spe­cify a longer pre­script­ive peri­od for par­tic­u­lar re­search areas.7

3 The pro­vi­sions of the Code of Ob­lig­a­tions on tort are oth­er­wise ap­plic­able; in the ex­er­cise of of­fi­cial du­ties, the Gov­ern­ment Li­ab­il­ity Act of 14 March 19588, or can­ton­al gov­ern­ment li­ab­il­ity law, is ap­plic­able.

6 SR 220

7 Amended by An­nex No 17 of the FA of 15 June 2018 (Re­vi­sion of the Law on Pre­scrip­tion), in force since 1 Jan. 2020 (AS 2018 5343; BBl 2014 235).

8 SR 170.32

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