Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The po­lice and the pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall in­form the vic­tim in full at their first ex­am­in­a­tion hear­ing of his or her rights and ob­lig­a­tions in the crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings.

² They shall at the same time in­form the vic­tim of:²³⁴

a.

the ad­dresses and ser­vices provided by vic­tim coun­selling ser­vices;

b.

the pos­sib­il­ity of claim­ing vari­ous vic­tim sup­port be­ne­fits;

c.

the time lim­it for the fil­ing claims for com­pens­a­tion and sat­is­fac­tion;

d.²³⁵

the right un­der Art­icle 92a SCC to re­quest in­form­a­tion on the de­cisions and cir­cum­stances of the ex­e­cu­tion of pen­al­ties and meas­ure in re­la­tion to the of­fend­er.

³ If the vic­tim agrees, they shall pass his or her name and ad­dress on to a coun­selling ser­vice.

⁴ Para­graphs 1–3 also ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis to the re­l­at­ives of the vic­tim.

⁵ Con­firm­a­tion that the pro­vi­sions this Art­icle have been com­plied with must be re­cor­ded in the case file.