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The Straits Times. (2026, October 30). Top Swiss court upholds landmark Liberia war crimes ruling. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/top-swiss-court-upholds-landmark-liberia-war-crimes-ruling
The Straits Times. “Top Swiss court upholds landmark Liberia war crimes ruling.” The Straits Times, 30 Oct. 2026, https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/top-swiss-court-upholds-landmark-liberia-war-crimes-ruling.
The Straits Times. “Top Swiss court upholds landmark Liberia war crimes ruling.” The Straits Times, October 30, 2026. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/top-swiss-court-upholds-landmark-liberia-war-crimes-ruling.
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The Swiss Federal Supreme Court upheld a landmark war crimes ruling on October 30, confirming a guilty verdict against Alieu Kosiah, a former Liberian warlord, and maintaining his original 20-year prison sentence from June 2021 for crimes including rape, murder, and cannibalism during Liberia's civil war in the 1990s. The court dismissed Kosiah’s second appeal, closing the case. However, it overturned a conviction for crimes against humanity on grounds that the law criminalizing such acts introduced in 2011 cannot be applied retroactively. Alain Werner, Director of Civitas Maxima, an NGO representing victims, hailed this decision as a historic legal milestone.