On the second day of its opening arguments, the Hague prosecution said it would prove that Ratko Mladic was on the ground and personally involved in the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995.
In July 1995 Srebrenica was shelled and occupied by the Army of Republic of Srpska,VRS, despite being declared a protected area by the United Nations. More than 8,000 people were killed, the victims of genocide.