The following are the key events leading up to the trial of Dusko Tadic.

February 1994: Dusko Tadic arrested in Munich by German authorities and placed in detention.

August 15, 1994: Richard Goldstone appointed as chief prosecutor and investigation of crimes in the Prijedor region begins.

November 7, 1994: Tadic is indicted by German authorities on charges of murder and torture for his activities in Bosnia. As a signatory to various international treaties, Germany has the authority to prosecute.

November 8, 1994: A deferral hearing is held at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in which prosecutors ask German authorities to defer any criminal proceedings in their courts to those of the ICTY.

February 13, 1995: Tadic is formally indicted by the ICTY.

March 31, 1995: The German parliament passes a law enabling German cooperation with the ICTY.

April 24, 1995: Tadic is transferred from Germany to a detention facility run by the ICTY at The Hague.

April 26, 1995: Tadic makes first appearance before the ICTY and pleads not guilty. I did not take part in any of the crimes with which I am charged, he says.

May 15, 1995: Hearing on motion schedule and prosecutors motion for witness protection.

June 21, 1995: Closed hearing on arguments for witness and victim protection measures.

July 25-26, 1995: Hearing on jurisdictional motion made by defense. Tadic's lawyers claim ICTY lacks authority to prosecute their client.

August 10, 1995: Tribunal rejects defense jurisdictional motion. Adopts witness protection measures.

October 24-25, 1995: Hearing on various defense motions. Trial delayed until May on defense request.

December 1995: The Dayton Peace Agreement is signed, effectively ending the Balkan war.

May 7, 1995: Trial scheduled to begin.