Person: Mladic Ratko Archives

In the first day of closing arguments in Ratko Mladic’s trial, prosecutors said the former Bosnian Serb military commander played a crucial role in a brutal plan to ‘cleanse’ areas of Bosnia of non-Serbs.

After accusations of genocide, ethnic cleansing, brutal detentions and a punishing siege, lawyers in the four-year trial of Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic begin to present their closing arguments next week.

The prosecution in the genocide and war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic will begin its closing statements at the Hague Tribunal on December 5. Four-and-a-half years after the start of Mladic’s trial, the prosecution and defence are to sum up their arguments starting next week, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia said on Wednesday.

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s asked the Hague Tribunal to reject the prosecution’s final motion because – at over 300,000 words – it claims it is too long.

Ratko Mladic’s defence asked for Theodor Meron to be removed from the panel assessing two recent appeals by the former Bosnian Serb Army chief, claiming that the judge is biased against the defendant.

Former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic’s defence filed an appeal against a court decision scheduling the presentation of closing statements in his trial for December this year.

Ratko Mladic’s defence filed an appeal against a decision by the Hague Tribunal which rejected allegations that the former Bosnian Serb military chief’s right to a fair trial had been violated.

The Hague Tribunal has allowed Ratko Mladic's lawyers to file an appeal against the UN court’s decision which rejected a defence allegation that the defendant's right to a fair trial had been violated.

The Hague Tribunal has not allowed former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s defence to file an appeal against a decision declaring that the defence’s evidence presentation finished in mid-August.