Radovan Karadzic Genocide Appeal Hearings Set for April
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The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals said on Tuesday that Karadzic and his defence team will present their appeal against his conviction for genocide and crimes and humanity on April 23.
The prosecutors at the UN court in The Hague will deliver their appeal the following day.
The Hague Tribunal sentenced Karadzic to 40 years in prison for genocide in Srebrenica, persecution of Bosniaks and Croats across Bosnia and Herzegovina, terrorising the population of Sarajevo with a shelling and sniping campaign and taking UN peacekeepers hostage.
The same verdict acquitted Karadzic of genocide in several other Bosnian municipalities in 1992.
The prosecution’s appeal asks for Karadzic to be found guilty of the 1992 genocide and sentenced to life in prison, while the former Bosnian Serb political leader and his lawyers have said they will seek an acquittal.
The UN court’s president, Theodor Meron, has allowed a request from Karadzic to speak during the appeals hearing.
