Ratko Mladic lawyers sought to disqualify the presiding judge . But the trial will open as scheduled Wednesday . Ex-general was indicted on Nearly 8,000 counts of genocide , war crimes and crimes against humanity . `` Victims have waited nearly two decades to see Ratko Mladic in the dock , '' said Param-Preet Singh , senior counsel in the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch . 11 Bosnian men and boys were slaughtered in Bosnia .
Ratko Mladic lawyers sought to disqualify the presiding judge . But the trial will open as scheduled Wednesday . Ex-general was indicted on Nearly 8,000 counts of genocide , war crimes and crimes against humanity . 11 Bosnian men and boys were slaughtered in Bosnia .