THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 5 (UPI) -- The prosecution and defense begin closing arguments this week in the trial of Vojislav Seselj, accused of war crimes during the Bosnia conflict in the 1990s.
Prosecutors had Monday through Wednesday to present their closing arguments before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, sitting in The Hague, Netherlands, and Seselj, representing himself, will present his closing statements March 12-15, Tanjug reported.
Seselj, the leader of the opposition Serb Radical Party, is accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity from 1991 to 1994 against non-Serb populations in Bosnia, Croatia and northern Serbia.
The Hague indicted Seselj in January 2003 and he surrendered a month later. His trial began in November 2007.
He was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court in July 2009.
In February 2010, the court charged Seselj with contempt of court again because he identified several protected witnesses.
In March 2011, Seselj asked that the court pay him $13 million in damages and grant him release from custody because the prosecution didn't prove its case, Tanjug said. The Trial Chamber rejected his requests in May and cited him for a third time for contempt of court.
