His appearance is scheduled for 14:15 - 16:15 Central European Summer Time (CEST) today.Click here to watch it LIVE).
In pre-trial hearings at the international war crimes tribunal, Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic has called for the case against him to be dismissed, saying it will be impossible for him to receive a fair trial.
Should he refuse to enter a plea today, the court at The Hague will file not-guilty pleas for him.
Prosecutors are, however, looking at the possibility of changing the indictments against Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic, to see if they can be streamlined so proceedings against him move faster than they did against his former mentor, Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. He died of a heart attack in 2006 before a verdict in his genocide trial was reached.
One of Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic's legal team today said he wants to wait until prosecutors file a new indictment before entering a plea. But another of his legal advisers, Svetozar Vujacic, has said "there is also a possibility that Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic will plead not guilty to all 11 counts.
Today's hearing is a crucial step along the path to Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic's trial for masterminding the worst atrocities perpetrated by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggressor during the 1992-95 Serbian aggression against Bosnia, which claimed the lives of an estimated 200,000 people.
Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic was arrested last month on a Belgrade bus, having escaped detention for 13 years. He had grown a bushy beard and had flowing white hair, and had been working as an alternative medicine practitioner using the name of "Dragan Dabic".
Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 1995, for genocide, compliance in genocide and crimes against humanity,committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.
Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic has claimed in pre-trial statements that he cut a deal with the former American fascist Richard Holbrooke, which guaranteed he would not be prosecuted for war crimes if he disappeared from the public eye.
Former leader and creator of the genocidal Serbian creature in Bosnia "RS",Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic (C) stands in the court room of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the start of his initial appearance in The Hague July 31, 2008. Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic faces a U.N. war crimes judge for the first time to answer charges of genocide for his actions during the 1992-95 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.
The ICTY is still looking for two other top Serbian war criminals, former commander of the genocidal paramilitary fascist formations of the Serbians living in Bosnia,Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic and former leader of the Serbians living in Croatia,Serbian war criminal Goran Hadzic who are still hiding from justice.
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