The Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladić was a war crimes trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Netherlands, concerning crimes committed during the Bosnian War by Ratko Mladić in his role as a general in the Yugoslav People's Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska. Judge Alphons Orie of the Netherlands presided over the case, with two assisting judges, Bakone Justice Moloto of South Africa and Christoph Flügge of Germany. Proceedings began on 3 June 2011 with a listing of the charges against Mladić, which included violations of the laws or customs of war, genocide, and crimes against humanity particularly in connection with the Srebrenica massacre and Siege of Sarajevo. The verdict was delivered on 22 November 2017. Mladić was convicted of 10 of the 11 charges and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mladić was planned to present his appeal in March 2020, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first appeal hearings were held on 25 and 26 August 2020 and on 8 June 2021, Mladić's final appeal was rejected, 4–1. Arrest Ratko Mladić was arrested on 26 May 2011 in Lazarevo, near Zrenjanin in the Banat region of Vojvodina, an autonomous province in the north of Serbia, at the house of his cousin Branislav Mladić, at the Ul. Vuka Karadžića 2..Branislav had been under surveillance for at least two months. The arrest was carried out by two dozen Serbian special police officers wearing black uniforms and masks, and sporting no insignia. Upon surrendering two pistols he was carrying to the arresting police officers, Mladić was taken to Belgrade as part of the "extradition process". After initial uncertainty as to the identity of the arrested man, then Serbian President Boris Tadić confirmed that it was Mladić at a press conference and announced that the process of extraditing him to the ICTY was under way. Mladić had been using the pseudonym "Milorad Komadić" while in hiding. Mladić was not wearing a beard or any disguise. His appearance reportedly showed he had "aged considerably", and one of his arms was paralyzed due to a series of strokes. Following his arrest, Mladić appeared before the Belgrade Higher Court to establish whether he was fit to be extradited to the Hague. Judge Milan Dilparić suspended interrogation due to Mladić's poor health. His lawyer Miloš Šaljić said that his poor health