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Swiss Criminal Code (SCC)

Art. 264aSCC from 2023

Art. 264a Swiss Criminal Code (SCC) drucken

Art. 264a i. Persecution and apartheid j. Other inhumane acts

1 The penalty is a custodial sentence of not less than five years for any person who, as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population:

  • a. intentionally kills another person;
  • b. intentionally kills a number of persons or intentionally inflicts conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of all or part of the population;
  • c. assumes and exercises a right of ownership over a person, in particular in the form of trafficking in persons, sexual exploitation or forced labour;
  • d. severely deprives a person of his or her liberty in violation of the fundamental rules of international law;
  • e. and with the intention of removing a person from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time:
  • 1. on behalf of or with the acquiescence of a State or political organisation, deprives that person of his or her liberty, and thereafter refuses to give information on his or her fate or whereabouts, or
  • 2. on behalf of or with the acquiescence of a State or political organisation or in violation of a legal duty refuses to give information on the fate or whereabouts of the person concerned;
  • f. inflicts severe pain or suffering or serious injury, whether physical or mental, on a person in his or her custody or under his or her control;
  • g. rapes a person of the female gender or, after she has been forcibly made pregnant, confines her unlawfully with the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of a population, forces a person to tolerate a sexual act of comparable severity or forces a person into prostitution or to be sterilised;
  • h. expels or by other coercive acts displaces persons from an area in which they are lawfully present;
  • i. in violation of international law and for political, racist, ethnic, religious, social or other reasons, severely denies or deprives a group of people of fundamental rights in connection with an offence under Title Twelvebis or Title Twelveter or for the purpose of the systematic oppression or domination of an ethnic group;
  • j. commits any other act of a comparable seriousness to the felonies mentioned in this paragraph and thereby causes severe pain or suffering or serious injury, whether physical or mental, to a person.
  • 2 In especially serious cases, and in particular where the offence affects a number of persons or the offender acts in a cruel manner, a custodial sentence of life may be imposed.

    3 In less serious cases under paragraph 1 letters c–j, a custodial sentence of not less than one year may be imposed.


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    Art. 264a Swiss Criminal Code (StGB) - Anwendung bei den Gerichten

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