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Art. 293 Schweizerisches Strafgesetzbuch (StGB)
StGB; Fünfzehnter Titel: Strafbare Handlungen gegen die öffentliche Gewalt; Veröffentlichung amtlicher geheimer Verhandlungen
Art. 293 StGB
Wer aus Akten, Verhandlungen oder Untersuchungen einer Behörde, die durch Gesetz oder durch einen gesetzmässigen Beschluss der Behörde als geheim erklärt worden sind, etwas an die Öffentlichkeit bringt, wird mit Busse bestraft.
Die Gehilfenschaft ist strafbar.
Die Handlung ist nicht strafbar, wenn der Veröffentlichung kein überwiegendes öffentliches oder privates Interesse entgegengestanden hat.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (26)
CDP.2022.363 · ne (art. 293 CP)
Attorney v. State for Reimbursement of Legal Fees Following Misconduct Complaint
Cited in the reasoning to determine whether the disclosure constituted an illicit act, although ultimately deemed not to establish liability under Art. 5 LResp due to lack of required protective purpose (Rechtswidrigkeitszusammenhang).
P/11774/2014 · ge (Art. 293 CP)
Prosecutor's Dismissal of Complaint Regarding Data Transfer Upheld
Cited in the dispositive as a classification whose appeal was declared inadmissible due to lack of standing.
SU160039 · zh (Art. 293 Abs. 1 StGB)
Confidentiality Breach: Fine for Publishing Draft Report Excerpts
This provision is cited in the dispositive as the basis for finding the accused guilty of publishing official secret deliberations.
SU150016 · zh (Art. 293 StGB)
Journalist acquitted for publishing confidential parliamentary inquiry report due to public interest.
This provision is the legal basis for the charge of publishing official secret deliberations, and the court ultimately acquitted the defendant based on this article.
Jug.2013.172 · vd (art. 293 CP)
Public Prosecutor v. Journalist (Publication of Secret Proceedings/Necessity Defense)
This article defines the offense of publishing secret official proceedings, which was central to the appeal, although the court ultimately rejected the appeal based on other grounds.
D.cision.2012.594 · vd (Art. 293 CP)
Journalist Acquittal for Publishing Secret Transcripts Over Secrecy Offense; Costs Upheld
The court partially allowed the appeal by granting the acquittal for the offense of publication of secret official debates, thereby annulling the initial conviction based on this article.
Jug.2012.56 · vd (art. 293 CP)
Journalist Convicted for Publishing Secret Investigation Debates Upheld
This article defines the criminal offense of publishing secrets of official proceedings, which is the core subject matter of the appeal upheld.
SU110024 · zh (Art. 293 Abs. 1 StGB)
Journalist Convicted for Publishing Confidential Parliamentary Deliberations
The court found the accused guilty of publishing official secret deliberations based on this provision.
SK.2011.7 (Art. 293 Abs. 1 StGB)
Journalist Acquitted: Confidential Classification Not Legally Justified
Basis for the charge of publishing official secret deliberations.
SK 2006 87 · be (Art. 293 Abs. 1 StGB)
Journalists' Acquittal for Publishing Secret Government Votes
The appellants were acquitted because the element requiring that the negotiations be 'justifiably declared secret' under this article was missing.
VPB 2006.2803 (Art. 293 CP)
Switzerland and the European Court of Human Rights: 2006 Review
Cited in the Stoll case concerning the publication of secret official debates.
VPB 2004.446 (Art. 293 CP)
Judge Accused of Spitting and Procedural Misconduct, Found to Have Authoritarian Style
This article of the Swiss Penal Code concerns the disclosure of official secrets and was cited in a case where a journalist was convicted for publishing excerpts of a secret strategic document.
VPB 96-057 (Art. 293 CP)
Swiss Media Law Reform: Source Protection and Updated Penal Codes
This article is abrogated, removing the penalty for publishing secret official debates.
VPB 88-760 (Art. 293 StGB)
Secrecy Laws and Forest Road Construction Review
Cited as a provision that is in need of revision and has led to judgments against journalists.
VPB 79-228 (Art. 293 StGB)
Parliamentary Initiative on Press Freedom and Editorial Privilege Rejected
This article was relevant to the criminal prosecution of a journalist for publishing confidential documents, which was the background to the initiative.