Offence of omission
0811-en RE520 Criminal Law As of 11.07.2026
The (genuine) offence of omission is the culpable failure to comply with the criminal law requirement to bring about a change in a situation through an act (e.g. through inaction in the sense of a failure to provide emergency aid).
Deutsch
Unterlassungsdelikt 0811-de
Das Unterlassungsdelikt (echtes) ist die schuldhafte Nichtbefolgung des strafgesetzlichen Gebotes, vermittelst einer Handlung eine Änderung eines Zustandes herbeizuführen (bspw. durch Untätigkeit im Sinne einer Unterlassung der Nothilfe).
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Offence of omission (0811-en), in: LAWPEDIA®-Glossar, provided by LAWCONSULT AG, www.lawconsult.ch/lawpedia/en/offence-of-omission, as of: 11.07.2026 [accessed on …].
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