[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday opened the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Zdravko Tolimir. Tolimir is charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and murder. The crimes with which Tolimir is charged were allegedly carried out against Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica and Zepa from July-November 2005.
Also on Friday, the ICTY rejected a motion by Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to delay the calling of witnesses in his own trial. Karadzic and Tolimir’s cases are among the 40 ongoing trials at the ICTY. Tolimir, a former general and aide to top Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic, was apprehended in May 2007. Mladic and Bosnian Serb political leader Goran Hadzic remain at large. The ICTY has indicted 161 political and military officials since its creation in 1993.