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Swiss court drops massacre charge against former Liberian rebel leader

Armed man in Liberia sitting next to a car wreck riddled with bullets

This content was published on Nov 25, 2019 The former Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah has been cleared of involvement in a massacre, but he remains in detention in Switzerland.

Foreign Affairs

Former Swiss diplomat proposes interim deal with EU

This content was published on Nov 25, 2019 Switzerland and the EU should sign an interim agreement to try to save the stalled framework partnership accord, says a former Swiss diplomat.

Foreign Affairs

Alleged jihadist to be deported from Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 24, 2019 A man is in deportation custody following his arrest at the federal asylum centre in Kreuzlingen.

Foreign Affairs

The Council of Europe, seen through Swiss eyes

This content was published on Nov 22, 2019 Liliane Maury Pasquier, who has represented the Swiss at the Council of Europe for over a decade, explains how it works.

Ueli Maurer with Chinese soldiers in Beijing

Foreign Affairs

Swiss president continues on his ‘autocrat world tour 2019’

This content was published on Nov 21, 2019 Ueli Maurer meets Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It is his fourth foreign visit this year that has raised eyebrows.

Demining work at the Qasr al Yahud baptism site, near Jericho, West Bank

International Geneva

Recent rise in landmine casualty rates is a ‘disturbing trend’

This content was published on Nov 21, 2019 Nearly 6,900 people were killed or injured by landmines last year, with improvised mines responsible for over half of all victims - a record.

International Geneva

Inside Geneva: How to cope with killer robots

This content was published on Nov 21, 2019 Most people in Switzerland would support a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems, but is it feasible?

International Geneva

International Geneva – why is it so important to Switzerland?

This content was published on Nov 21, 2019 “The biggest multilateral centre in the world”, “the foremost centre of global governance" – what exactly is International Geneva?

International Geneva

Graduate Institute appoints first female director

This content was published on Nov 20, 2019 Marie Laure Salles-Djelic has been appointed as the new head of the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

International Geneva

A ‘revolution’ in how we see the rights of children

This content was published on Nov 20, 2019 Thirty years ago, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child presented its take on juvenile justice: a child is the best judge of his or her situation.

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