Hadzic has pleaded not guilty at the Hague Tribunal

At the first appearance in the courtroom July 25 Hadzic refused to answer the question about his guilt, using his right to postpone the process for up to 30 days. Now, according to the rules of the ICTY, to begin immediate preparations for the trial of ex-Croatian Serb leader. Hadzic, who was arrested July 20 in Serbia, was the last of war criminals whose extradition sought ICTY. In July 2004, the Tribunal has put forward against Hadzic charged with violating the laws or customs of war and crimes against humanity allegedly committed between August 1991 and June 1992 in Croatia. The prosecution brought in 14 points, including: persecution, torture, murder, forced displacement, maltreatment of prisoners of war, unjustified destruction of property and other crimes against the Croat and other non-Serb population. One of the keys to the charge brought Hadzic charge is shooting 264 Croatian prisoners of war in November 1991 on the farm "Ovcara" near the town of Vukovar. Hadzic 7 years hiding from international justice. July 20, he was arrested near the village in the region Krushedol Fruska Gora in Serbia, and on 22 July was extradited to The Hague, like the ITAR-TASS. In all my years at the Hague Tribunal have been eight trials against Kosovo Albanians, the seven Bosnian Muslims, 33 Croats and Serbs against 92. Serbs always had deadlines, but, for example, army commander Rasim Delic Bosnian Muslims was convicted only of three years, despite the fact that the Serbs and Croats, he earned the nickname Bosnian butcher. Fully justified and Naser Oric, the former Bosnian commander, who was operating in and around Srebnenitse before the arrival of General Mladic. Serbian general has been issued several months before the ICTY Hadzic.