Federal Act
on Radio and Television
(RTVA)

¹ Com­plaints against an ed­it­or­i­al pub­lic­a­tion that has ap­peared or against re­fus­al to grant ac­cess may be sub­mit­ted by any per­son who:⁹⁹

a.

was in­volved in the re­port pro­ced­ure be­fore the om­buds­man ser­vice; and

b.¹⁰⁰

demon­strates a close re­la­tion­ship with the sub­ject of the dis­puted ed­it­or­i­al pub­lic­a­tion or whose ap­plic­a­tion for ac­cess (Art. 91 para. 3 let. b) has been re­jec­ted.

² Nat­ur­al per­sons who do not have a close re­la­tion­ship with the sub­ject of the dis­puted ed­it­or­i­al pub­lic­a­tion may also sub­mit a com­plaint if the com­plaint is signed by a min­im­um of 20 per­sons.¹⁰¹

³ Nat­ur­al per­sons who sub­mit a com­plaint in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 2 must be at least 18 years old and hold Swiss cit­izen­ship or hold a per­man­ent or tem­por­ary res­id­ence per­mit.¹⁰²

⁴ Com­plaints may also be sub­mit­ted by DE­TEC, in which case the pro­vi­sions of para­graph 1 do not ap­ply.