In Switzerland, Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s former interior minister, was indicted for crimes that include murder, torture and sexual violence, making it the second case tried under the confederation’s universal jurisdiction. A trial in the Hague saw Hashim Thaçi, Kosovo's former president and guerilla leader, facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, while in France, similar charges were brought against three people for alleged involvement in the disappearance and death of two French-Syrian nationals. Civitas Maxima director Alain Werner honoured Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials team, who passed away earlier this month, saying that trials would have pleased him.
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