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Art. 12 Bundesgesetz vom 20. März 1981 über internationale Rechtshilfe in Strafsachen (IRSG) - Im Allgemeinen
IRSG; Erster Teil: Allgemeine Bestimmungen; 2. Kapitel: Anwendbares Recht
Art. 12 IRSG · Im Allgemeinen
Wenn dieses Gesetz nichts anderes bestimmt, wenden die Bundesverwaltungsbehörden das Bundesgesetz vom 20. Dezember 1968 über das Verwaltungsverfahren, die kantonalen Behörden die für sie geltenden Vorschriften sinngemäss an. Für Prozesshandlungen gilt das in Strafsachen massgebende Verfahrensrecht.
Die kantonalen und eidgenössischen Bestimmungen über den Stillstand von Fristen gelten nicht.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (304)
TPF 2005 135 (Art. 12 Abs. 1 IRSG)
Reconsideration of Undercover Agent Authorization Denied for Lack of Legal Basis
Cited to state that the procedural law applicable in criminal matters applies to procedural actions.
RR.2026.21 (art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
International Judicial Assistance for Spain Upheld
Cited for the applicability of PA provisions to the appeal procedure.
RH.2026.1 (Art. 12 cpv. 1 AIMP)
Extradition Arrest Warrant Upheld: Murder and Assault Charges
Cited as a basis for the procedural rules governing the appeal.
RR.2025.172 (art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
Switzerland v. German Extradition Applicant (Fraud, Theft, Forgery)
This provision states that the Federal Act on Administrative Procedure (PA) applies to extradition matters, in conjunction with art. 39 al. 2 let. b of the Federal Act on the Organization of the Criminal Authorities of the Confederation (LOAP).
RR.2025.162 (Art. 12 Abs. 1 IRSG)
Switzerland v. Argentina: Extradition for Cocaine Trafficking Upheld
Cited to establish that domestic law applies if the IRSG does not specify otherwise.
RR.2025.47 (Art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
Swiss Court Upholds Ukraine's Request for Bank Documents Amidst Due Process Claims
References the application of the Swiss Administrative Procedure Act (PA) to the appeal procedure and the Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure (CPP).
RR.2025.103 (Art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
Extradition to Austria Confirmed Despite Alibi and Safety Claims
Makes the Federal Act on Administrative Procedure (PA) applicable to extradition appeal procedures.
RH.2025.21 (Art. 12 cpv. 1 AIMP)
Extradition Arrest Order Upheld Despite Procedural Challenge and Flight Risk Claims
Cited in conjunction with Art. 39 cpv. 2 lett. b LOAP to establish that the Federal Administrative Procedure Act and provisions of international judicial assistance law govern the appeal procedure.
RR.2025.31 (art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
Switzerland: Spouse's Appeal on Seized Documents for German Embezzlement Probe Denied
Cited for the applicability of the Federal Act on Administrative Procedure to the appeal proceedings.
RR.2024.132 (Art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
Switzerland Denies Appeal Against UK Tax Evasion Evidence Disclosure
Applicability of the Federal Act on Administrative Procedure in the appeal process.
RR.2025.85 (Art. 12 Abs. 1 IRSG)
Federal Court Upholds Extradition to Slovakia for Property Offenses
Cited for the deadline for appealing a decision on release from custody.
RR.2025.6 (Art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
Federal Criminal Court upholds banking information transfer to Ukraine in embezzlement and money laundering probe
Cited for the applicability of the Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure to the appeal proceedings.
RR.2025.11 (art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
Algeria v. Banking Documents Request Appeal Dismissed
Cited for the application of the Federal Act on Administrative Procedure to the appeal proceedings, a procedural basis for the decision.
RR.2025.74 (Art. 12 Abs. 1 IRSG)
Federal Criminal Court Dismisses Extradition Appeal for Lack of Specificity
The court applied the provisions of the VwVG to international legal assistance matters in criminal matters when the IRSG did not specify otherwise.
RR.2024.129 (Art. 12 al. 1 EIMP)
Applicant v. Ukrainian Mutual Legal Assistance Authority
Cited in the reasoning to establish the applicability of federal administrative procedure law, but not explicitly in the dispositive orders.