Swiss Civil Code

¹ The right to claim dam­ages or sat­is­fac­tion pre­scribes in ac­cord­ance with the pro­vi­sions of the Code of Ob­lig­a­tions⁴⁷² on the law of tort.⁴⁷³

² If the per­son who caused the dam­age com­mit­ted a crim­in­al of­fence through his or her con­duct, the right to claim dam­ages or sat­is­fac­tion pre­scribes at the earli­est when the right to pro­sec­ute the of­fence pre­scribes. If the right to pro­sec­ute is no longer li­able to pre­scrip­tion be­cause a first in­stance crim­in­al judg­ment has been is­sued, the right to claim dam­ages or sat­is­fac­tion pre­scribes at the earli­est three years after no­tice of the judg­ment is giv­en.⁴⁷⁴

³ If the in­jury is re­lated to the or­der­ing or con­duct of a long-term meas­ure, the pre­script­ive peri­od for a claim against the can­ton does not be­gin be­fore the long-term meas­ure ends or is con­tin­ued by an­oth­er can­ton.