Karadzhich first appeared at the meeting of MTBU

The former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzhich, for the first time since the beginning of the trial , appeared at the hearing in the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (MTBU) in the Hague. The decision to continue the trial of it will be made by the judges until the end of the week.

Earlier, Karadzhich boycotted the process, but on Monday said that he would attend a court hearing on Tuesday, without specifying the reasons that prompted him to stop the boycott. On Tuesday, Karadzhich came to the courtroom even earlier than the hearing in his case opened, AFP notes.

Karajich, who refused the services of a lawyer, previously stated that he needed more time to prepare a speech to protect him on all points of the prosecution, and demands from the tribunal "compliance with his own statute in the part regarding the fundamental rights of the accused." The accusation, on the contrary, urged MTBU judges to begin consideration of the case on the merits. The accusation also insists on the appointment of a lawyer Karadzhich.

As a result, the court decided to carefully consider the positions of the parties and make a decision on this issue later this week, the chairman of the court on Gvon Kvon at a conference dedicated to the further course of the process said on Tuesday. According to him, the following hearings in the Karadzhich case, previously planned on Wednesday, will not be held on this day, RIA Novosti reports. The trial of Karadchich began in the Hague on October 26. The first three sessions of the court took place in the absence of the accused.

The former leader of the Republic of Serbian Bosnia and Herzegovina, 64-year-old Radovan Karadzhich, who had been hiding from international justice for 13 years, wasdetained in July 2008 in Belgrade. It turned out that in the last years he lived in the Serbian capital according to documents in the name of Dragan Dabich and worked in a private clinic as an alternative medicine specialist. With the help of "human energy" and amulets, he treated customers from infertility, depression, asthma, rheumatism, arthritis, epilepsy, sclerosis and autism. Karadzhich was disguised, letting go of a long beard and starting to wear glasses.

July 30, 2008 Karadzhich was extracted to the Hague. He said to the judges that he would defend himself. In addition, Karadzhich claimed that the special representative of the US President in the Balkans Richard Holbrook promised him protection from judicial persecution in exchange for departure from politics. The US State Department denied these words, and the judges said that no agreement exempted Karadzhich from liability.

He is accused of war crimes during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovin in 1992-1995, including the Genocide of eight thousand Muslims in the city of Srebrenitsa. In total, the accusation Karajich consists of 11 points. The defendant rejects all the accusations against him. According to representatives of the Hague Tribunal, the trial may last from two to three years.