Private plaintiff
0634-en RE520 Criminal Law As of 11.07.2026
The private plaintiff is only the injured party who, under cantonal criminal procedural law, represents the criminal charge alone, instead of a public prosecutor who is not acting.
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Privatstrafkläger 0634-de
Der Privatstrafkläger ist nur derjenige Geschädigte, der nach dem kantonalen Strafprozessrecht die Strafanklage allein, an Stelle eines nicht in Funktion tretenden öffentlichen Anklägers vertritt.
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