Swiss Civil Code

¹ The fol­low­ing per­sons, provided they are not sub­ject to pro­fes­sion­al con­fid­en­ti­al­ity un­der the Swiss Crim­in­al Code⁴²¹, are ob­liged to re­port if there are clear in­dic­a­tions that the phys­ic­al, psy­cho­lo­gic­al or sexu­al in­teg­rity of a child is at risk and that they can­not rem­edy the threat as part of their pro­fes­sion­al activ­it­ies:

1.

spe­cial­ists from the fields of medi­cine, psy­cho­logy, care ser­vices, child­care, edu­ca­tion, coun­selling, re­li­gion and sport who have reg­u­lar con­tact with chil­dren;

2.

per­sons who learn of such a case in their of­fi­cial ca­pa­city.

² The duty to no­ti­fy is ful­filled when a per­son no­ti­fies a su­per­i­or.

³ The can­tons may provide for fur­ther no­ti­fic­a­tion ob­lig­a­tions.