Federal Act
on Support for the Victims of Crime
(Victim Support Act, VSA)

¹ The law en­force­ment au­thor­it­ies shall in­form the vic­tim about vic­tim sup­port and, sub­ject to cer­tain re­quire­ments, for­ward the vic­tim's name and ad­dress to a coun­selling centre. The re­lated ob­lig­a­tions are gov­erned by the rel­ev­ant rules of pro­ced­ure.

² A per­son res­id­ent in Switzer­land who has been the vic­tim of a crim­in­al of­fence abroad may con­tact a Swiss rep­res­ent­a­tion or the of­fice provid­ing Swiss con­su­lar pro­tec­tion. These of­fices shall provide the vic­tim with in­form­a­tion about vic­tim sup­port in Switzer­land. Sub­ject to the vic­tim’s con­sent, they shall no­ti­fy a coun­selling centre of the vic­tim’s name and ad­dress.

³ Para­graphs 1 and 2 ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis to re­l­at­ives of the vic­tim.