Karadzic Denies Part In Srebrenica Massacre

Radovan Karadzic's lawyer has said there is "not a single piece of evidence" that the former Bosnian Serb leader planned or ordered the execution of prisoners at Srebrenica, or that he even knew about it.

Peter Robinson told the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that the defendant was unaware of the details of the 1995 massacre of thousands of Muslims.

"In fact they (events) were concealed from him and therefore he is not guilty of genocide," Robinson said in closing arguments of the trial that has already spanned five years.

Karadzic, 69, denies charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1990s Balkan war.

He is accused of being one of the masterminds of ethnic cleansing during Bosnia's civil war in which more than 100,000 people were killed and 2.2 million more fled from their homes.

The leader of the former self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb republic faces a total of 11 charges, most notably for his alleged role in the Srebrenica massacre when nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed and their bodies buried in mass graves.

The massacre occurred when Bosnian Serb forces overran the UN-protected enclave in eastern Bosnia in July 1995.

A final verdict in the trial is not expected before late 2015.