ormer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has begun outlining his defence as his genocide trial at The Hague resumes.
Mr Karadzic suspended his boycott of the trial, and appeared in court along with his lawyer on Monday.
The trial had been adjourned since November after the tribunal appointed a lawyer to represent Mr Karadzic.
He insists he is innocent of all 11 charges from the 1992-95 Bosnian war, but has refused to enter formal pleas.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) entered a "not guilty" plea for him.
On Monday he was expected to begin a two-day opening statement before prosecutors present their first witness on Wednesday.
Mr Karadzic, 64, faces two charges of genocide - including the killing in Srebrenica of more than 7,000 men and boys - as well as nine other counts including murder, extermination, persecution and forced deportation.
Prosecutors say he orchestrated a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" against Muslims and Croats in eastern Bosnia to create an ethnically pure Serbian state.
In his opening statement last October, prosecutor Alan Tieger said Mr Karadzic "harnessed the forces of nationalism, hatred and fear to pursue his vision of an ethnically segregated Bosnia".
Mr Karadzic was arrested in Belgrade in 2008 after nearly 13 years on the run.
During his time in power, he was president of the self-styled Bosnian Serb republic and commander of its army during the Bosnian conflict which left more than 100,000 people dead.
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