On Monday, Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic will face justice for war crimes, including genocide, at the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.

The trial promises to be the key to understanding the violent disintegration of the former Yugoslavia up to 1995, and the brutalities which happened in Bosnia, including the slaughter of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys at the hands of Bosnian Serbs in Srebrenica in July
1995.

As former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic died before his own war crimes trial was completed, and Karadzic's ex-general Ratko Mladic remains on the run, it is up to prosecutors to use Karadzic's trial to unlock the details of what happened - making it the most important trial, at least until Mladic is brought to justice.

Ahead of the proceedings, the dpa International Service in English is offering a special package highlighting the implications of the Karadzic case and its likely repercussions for the Balkans as well as Europe.

The package includes an exclusive interview with Karadzic's legal counsel Peter Robinson, who shares what is is like to work with the the former Bosnian Serb leader accused of being responsible for the death, rape and deportation of tens of thousands of people. (dpa)