The third annual conference of PCN took place on September 1, 2023 at the Karl der Grosse in Zurich. We are very pleased that we were once again able to hold a sold-out conference with familiar faces. The presentations are listed below and the conference program is available: Marcel Scholl«Confiscation of Assets: Opportunities (and Risks?) […]
The second annual meeting of NPK took place on August 19, 2022 at the Karl der Grosse in Zurich. We are very pleased that we were once again able to hold a sold-out conference. The presentations are listed below, the conference documents are linked and the conference program is available: Wolfgang Wohlers«Protecting the interests of […]
The first annual conference of PCN took place on August 20, 2021 at the Karl der Grosse in Zurich. We are very pleased that we were able to hold a sold-out conference just six months after the network was founded. The conference documents and the program are available below: Simon Brun«Wissenswertes und Stolpersteine für Privatklägervertreter […]
Duri Bonin is a lawyer (Bonin & Uffer Attorneys) and podcaster (On the Way as a Lawyer). Soon, he will be conducting a seminar on arrest and initial interrogation. The interview was conducted by the founders of NPK | RPP: Dr. Tobias Schaffner LL.M., Niedermann Rechtsanwälte, Zürich Dr. Adam El-Hakim LL.M., LALIVE SA
NPK: Dear Professor Donatsch. Thank you for accepting our request for an interview with the Private Prosecution Network (PCN). We would like to ask you some basic questions about the position of private prosecution in criminal proceedings. The Code of Criminal Procedure allows a person who has been directly harmed by a crime to participate […]
The Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure allows any person who has been harmed by a crime to participate as a party in criminal proceedings by constituting themselves as a private prosecutor vis-à-vis the public prosecutor. As explained in more detail in this article, the private prosecutor has a procedural status with relatively extensive rights, including […]
