Mladic may not be fit for appeal hearings, lawyer tells UN judges

Ratko Mladic was convicted for crimes including genocide (AP/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)

A lawyer for Ratko Mladic has told a UN court that the former Bosnian Serb military chief may not be mentally fit to take part in an appeal hearing against his convictions for crimes including genocide committed throughout the 1992-95 Bosnian War.

The hearing, conducted partly by video conference due to coronavirus measures, proceeded despite lawyer Dragan Ivetic’s objections. Mladic was in court and initially wore a face mask, before pushing it below his chin and then removing it altogether.