Facts
The appellant [A.] , who was acting as a guardian for the municipality of [B.] , complained against the judgment of the High Court of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, which acquitted the respondent [X.] of the charge of multiple violations of official secrecy. The appellant was involved in the proceedings as a private prosecutor and had asserted a civil claim.
The respondent [X.] had disclosed several pieces of information covered by official secrecy about the appellant at a meeting on August 23, 2007 with representatives of the municipality of [B.] . These pieces of information concerned incidents from her past, some of which dated back more than 10 years.
Considerations
The Federal Court concluded that the appellant, as a private prosecutor, was entitled to appeal against the acquittal of the respondent, as the disclosed official secrets concerned facts from her private life.
With regard to the two pieces of information that fulfilled the elements of the offense of violation of official secrecy, the Federal Court concluded that these…