Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Vic­tims have spe­cial rights, in par­tic­u­lar:

a.

the right to pro­tec­tion of per­son­al pri­vacy (Art. 70 para. 1 let. a, 74 para. 4, 152 para. 1);

b.

the right to be ac­com­pan­ied by a con­fid­ant (Art. 70 para. 2, 152 para. 2);

c.

the right to pro­tect­ive meas­ures (Art. 152–154);

d.

the right to re­main si­lent (Art. 169 para. 4);

e.

the right to in­form­a­tion (Art. 305 and 330 para. 3);

f.

the right to a spe­cial com­pos­i­tion of the court (Art. 335 para. 4).

² In the case of vic­tims un­der the age of 18, ad­di­tion­al spe­cial pro­vi­sions pro­tect­ing per­son­al pri­vacy ap­ply, in par­tic­u­lar re­lat­ing to:

a.

re­stric­tions on con­front­a­tion hear­ings with the ac­cused (Art. 154 para. 4);

b.

spe­cial pro­tect­ive meas­ures dur­ing ex­am­in­a­tion hear­ings (Art. 154 para. 2–4);

c.

aban­don­ment of the pro­ceed­ings (Art. 319 para. 2).

³ If re­l­at­ives of a vic­tim file civil claims, they are en­titled to the same rights as the vic­tim.