Mladic appears at war crimes tribunal

Victims of the 1992-95 Bosnian war have gathered outside a courtroom in The Hague for the start of UN criminal proceedings against Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander accused of orchestrating the worst atrocities of a war that claimed 100,000 lives.

Mladic’s appearance at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal is his first public appearance since he went into hiding nearly 16 years ago, when he was indicted for genocide and war crimes.