Hacker News Reader

In Germany there is "Antragsdelikt". Such an offense cannot be prosecuted without a complaint by the victim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antragsdelikt

Interesting, this seems in principle to be similar to a (hypothetical) concept of "prosecutable torts" in English Law, indeed some of the examples (trespass to land, defamation) are torts in English Law.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com