Switzerland’s Federal Court on Thursday rejected the final appeal of Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, confirming his conviction for rape and sexual coercion and making the verdict definitive under Swiss law. The ruling upholds a September 2024 decision by the Geneva Court of Justice, which sentenced the 63-year-old former Oxford professor to three years in prison, with two years suspended. The court also ordered him to pay the plaintiff more than 100,000 Swiss francs (about US$118,000) in damages and legal costs. The case stems from an assault in a Geneva hotel room on 28 October 2008 involving a woman identified as “Brigitte.” Ramadan was acquitted at first instance in 2023, but the appeals court found witness testimony, medical certificates and expert reports consistent with the victim’s account. Ramadan’s lawyers said they will petition the European Court of Human Rights, arguing procedural flaws persist. Separately, he is due to stand trial in France in March 2026 on charges that he raped three other women between 2009 and 2016, allegations he also denies.