Handing over to a Foreign Power
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Handing over to a Foreign Power The handing over to a foreign power pursuant to Section 103 of the Criminal Code occurs when someone knowingly delivers a person protected in …
Extortionate Kidnapping
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Extortionate Kidnapping Extortionate kidnapping pursuant to § 102 StGB is a particularly serious crime in which a person is deprived of their liberty or otherwise brought under the control of …
Deprivation of Liberty
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Deprivation of Liberty Deprivation of liberty exists when a person’s physical freedom of movement is removed by detaining them against or without their will in a defined area or effectively …
Abduction of a Minor
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Abduction of a Minor The abduction of a minor according to § 101 StGB constitutes a serious crime against personal liberty and the sexual integrity of minors. It covers the …
Abduction of a Mentally Ill or Defenseless Person
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Abduction of a Mentally Ill or Defenseless Person The abduction of a mentally ill or defenseless person is a combined offense against liberty and sexual integrity. It protects persons who, …
Omission to Render Assistance
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Omission to Render Assistance Omission to render assistance according to § 95 StGB concerns situations where someone recognizes another person in immediate mortal danger, could render assistance, but deliberately refrains …
Abandonment of an Injured Person
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Abandonment of an Injured Person Abandonment of an injured person according to § 94 StGB covers situations in which someone injures a person and then leaves them without the necessary …
Physical Examination
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Physical Examination The physical examination pursuant to § 123 StPO is an important investigative tool in criminal procedural law. Its purpose is to ascertain traces, concealed objects, or physical characteristics …
Molecular Genetic Testing
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Molecular Genetic Testing Molecular genetic testing pursuant to § 124 StPO The criminal police may independently investigate traces found at the crime scene, while the investigation of personal samples generally …
Affray
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Affray Affray, as defined by § 91 of the Criminal Code, is a physical altercation involving mutual acts of violence, in which at least three persons are involved. Participation is …
Grossly Negligent Homicide
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Grossly Negligent Homicide The grossly negligent homicide under § 81 StGB occurs when someone causes the death of another person through exceptionally and conspicuously negligent conduct. It is a qualified …
Negligent Homicide
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Negligent Homicide Negligent homicide under Section 80 StGB occurs when someone causes the death of another person through carelessness, dereliction of duty, or lack of diligence, without intending to do …
Infanticide
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Infanticide Infanticide according to § 79 StGB covers cases in which the mother kills her child during or immediately after the birth process. The law takes into account the mother’s …
Assisting in Suicide
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Assisting in Suicide Assisting in suicide includes two forms of appearance. Firstly, the seduction. In this case, the decision to commit suicide is evoked or an already made decision is …
Killing on Request
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Killing on Request Killing on request is regulated in § 77 StGB. It exists if someone kills another person at their explicit, serious, and insistent request. The crucial difference to …
Manslaughter
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Manslaughter Manslaughter as per § 76 StGB exists if someone intentionally kills another person, but acts in a state of mind that is so intense or stressful that it decisively …
Murder
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Murder Murder is the intentional killing of another human being. Protected are life and physical integrity. The offense requires a human act, the occurrence of death, and a causal connection …
Endangering Physical Safety
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Endangering Physical Safety Endangering physical safety under § 89 StGB punishes conduct that creates a concrete danger to the life, health, or physical safety of another person. An injury is …
Negligent Bodily Harm
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Negligent Bodily Harm Negligent bodily harm under § 88 StGB covers cases in which a person causes injury or damage to health through a breach of due diligence. The crucial …
Intentional Grievous Bodily Harm
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Intentional Grievous Bodily Harm Intentional grievous bodily harm covers cases in which a person purposefully intends to cause a serious injury or damage to health. An injury is considered serious …
Bodily Harm Resulting in Death
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Bodily Harm Resulting in Death Bodily harm resulting in death covers cases where an individual commits an intentional act of abuse or injury, and thereby – at least negligently – …
Bodily Harm with Serious Permanent Consequences
24.11.2025 | Criminal law
Bodily Harm with Serious Permanent Consequences Bodily harm with serious permanent consequences describes cases in which a person is injured by an intentional act in such a way that permanent …
Severe Bodily Harm
24.11.2025
Severe Bodily Harm Severe bodily harm is classified as a qualified offense against physical integrity and is characterized by the fact that the resulting consequences of bodily harm significantly exceed …
Bodily Harm
24.11.2025
Bodily Harm Under §83 StGB, a person is liable for bodily harm if they injure another person physically or harm their health. Similarly liable is anyone who physically abuses another …
Statute of Limitations in Criminal Law
24.11.2025
Statute of Limitations in Criminal Law The statute of limitations in criminal law means that after a certain period of time, the state loses its right to punish an offense …
Revocation Periods
24.11.2025
Revocation Periods § 56 StGB stipulates the period within which a court may order the revocation of a conditional suspension of sentence or conditional release.This provision ensures legal certainty: It …
Revocation in the Event of Subsequent Conviction
24.11.2025
Revocation in the Event of Subsequent Conviction The revocation in the event of a subsequent conviction takes effect if the court conditionally suspends a person’s sentence, part of a sentence, …
Revocation of Preventive Measures
24.11.2025
Revocation of Preventive Measures The revocation under § 54 StGB concerns individuals who have been conditionally released from a preventive measure, for example, from an institution for offenders requiring addiction …
Revocation of Suspended Sentence and Conditional Release
24.11.2025
Revocation of Suspended Sentence and Conditional Release from Imprisonment The revocation of the suspended sentence or conditional release according to §53 StGB means that an originally suspended or only partially …
Judicial Supervision
24.11.2025
Judicial Supervision Judicial supervision is a measure for the control and support of individuals who are conditionally released after serious offenses. Its purpose is to ensure that these individuals comply …
