Swiss Criminal Procedure Code

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Swiss federal statute criminal procedure code

The Swiss Criminal Procedure Code is the nationwide legal framework that standardizes how criminal investigations, prosecutions, and trials are conducted across all Swiss cantons.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Code de procédure pénale suisse	1
Codex procedurae poenalis Helveticae	1
Codice di procedura penale svizzero	1
Schweizerische StPO	1
Schweizerische Strafprozessordnung	1
Swiss Criminal Procedure Code canonical	1
Swiss criminal procedure law (federal framework)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4179570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
Context triple: [Cantonal courts of Valais, uses, Swiss Criminal Procedure Code]

A. Swiss Civil Code
The Swiss Civil Code is a foundational body of private law in Switzerland that systematically regulates areas such as family law, inheritance, property, and obligations, and has served as a model for civil codes in several other countries.
B. French Code of Criminal Procedure
The French Code of Criminal Procedure is the primary legal framework governing criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and appeals in France.
C. Swiss customs law
Swiss customs law is the body of Swiss federal legislation and regulations governing the import, export, transit, and taxation of goods across Switzerland’s customs territory and its associated enclaves.
D. German Code of Criminal Procedure
The German Code of Criminal Procedure is the central legal framework that regulates how criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and appeals are conducted in Germany’s courts.
E. Italian Code of Criminal Procedure
The Italian Code of Criminal Procedure is the fundamental legal framework that regulates how criminal investigations, trials, and appeals are conducted within Italy’s judicial system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
Target entity description: The Swiss Criminal Procedure Code is the nationwide legal framework that standardizes how criminal investigations, prosecutions, and trials are conducted across all Swiss cantons.

A. Swiss Civil Code
The Swiss Civil Code is a foundational body of private law in Switzerland that systematically regulates areas such as family law, inheritance, property, and obligations, and has served as a model for civil codes in several other countries.
B. French Code of Criminal Procedure
The French Code of Criminal Procedure is the primary legal framework governing criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and appeals in France.
C. Swiss customs law
Swiss customs law is the body of Swiss federal legislation and regulations governing the import, export, transit, and taxation of goods across Switzerland’s customs territory and its associated enclaves.
D. German Code of Criminal Procedure
The German Code of Criminal Procedure is the central legal framework that regulates how criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and appeals are conducted in Germany’s courts.
E. Italian Code of Criminal Procedure
The Italian Code of Criminal Procedure is the fundamental legal framework that regulates how criminal investigations, trials, and appeals are conducted within Italy’s judicial system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss federal statute ⓘ criminal procedure code ⓘ
abbreviation	CPP (it) ⓘ StPO ⓘ
appliesIn	Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation Swiss cantons ⓘ
bindingOn	cantonal criminal justice authorities ⓘ federal criminal justice authorities ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
draftedBy	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
governs	conduct of criminal courts in Switzerland ⓘ conduct of criminal investigations by police in Switzerland ⓘ conduct of public prosecutors in Switzerland ⓘ
hasPart	provisions on costs and compensation ⓘ provisions on legal remedies ⓘ provisions on main hearings ⓘ provisions on preliminary proceedings ⓘ
jurisdiction	Switzerland ⓘ
language	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
legalArea	criminal procedure law ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law system ⓘ
legislature	Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ surface form: Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation
purpose	ensure uniform criminal procedure throughout Switzerland ⓘ harmonization of cantonal criminal procedure laws ⓘ
regulates	appeals in criminal matters ⓘ coercive measures in criminal proceedings ⓘ powers of police authorities in criminal matters ⓘ powers of public prosecutors in Switzerland ⓘ pre-trial detention in Switzerland ⓘ rights of accused persons in criminal proceedings ⓘ rights of victims in criminal proceedings ⓘ rules of evidence in Swiss criminal procedure ⓘ
relatedTo	Swiss Criminal Code ⓘ Swiss Juvenile Criminal Procedure Code ⓘ
scope	applies to all Swiss cantons ⓘ standardizes criminal investigations in Switzerland ⓘ standardizes criminal prosecutions in Switzerland ⓘ standardizes criminal trials in Switzerland ⓘ
shortName	CPP ⓘ CPP svizzero ⓘ Swiss Criminal Procedure Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Code de procédure pénale suisse Swiss Criminal Procedure Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Codex procedurae poenalis Helveticae Swiss Criminal Procedure Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Codice di procedura penale svizzero Criminal Procedure Code ⓘ Swiss Criminal Procedure Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Schweizerische StPO Swiss Criminal Procedure Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Schweizerische Strafprozessordnung
subjectOf	Swiss criminal justice reform ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

cantonal courts of Valais → uses → Swiss Criminal Procedure Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Cantonal courts of Valais

cantonalPoliceForces → subjectTo → Swiss Criminal Procedure Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss criminal procedure law (federal framework)