Swiss Criminal Code

¹If the de­fam­a­tion, wheth­er wil­ful or not, is dir­ec­ted at a per­son who is de­ceased or who has been de­clared miss­ing pre­sumed dead, the re­l­at­ives of the de­ceased per­son or the per­son miss­ing pre­sumed dead are en­titled to ap­ply for pro­sec­u­tion.

²No of­fence is com­mit­ted if, at the time of the state­ment be­ing made, the de­ceased per­son has been dead or the miss­ing per­son miss­ing for more than 30 years.