Swiss supreme court upholds Alieu Kosiah’s 20-year war crimes sentence but acquits him on crimes against humanity
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Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court rejected former Liberian rebel commander Alieu Kosiah’s appeal and kept his 20-year term for violations of the laws of war in 1993–1995 during Liberia’s first civil war, but acquitted him of crimes against humanity under strict non-retroactivity, overturning the 2023 appeals ruling that had marked Switzerland’s first such conviction. The verdict is dated September 28 and was published on Friday.
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