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Karadzic to Appear Before Tribunal Today on War Crimes Charges
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Milosevic died in prison in The Hague two years ago while on trial on war crimes charges.
There has been speculation that prosecutors might attempt to amend the indictment to narrow the charges against Karadzic.
On Wednesday, prosecutors expressed a preference that Karadzic have an attorney. "Legal counsel is an advantage with complicated cases," Brammertz said. "We are fully aware of the importance of efficiency."
Svetozar Vujacic, Karadzic's lawyer in Belgrade, told reporters there Wednesday that during the appearance in court, his client might exercise his right not to enter a plea for 30 days.
After Karadzic's arrest in Belgrade, a Serbian court ordered the prisoner sent to the Netherlands. Vujacic had said in recent days that he waited right until a Friday deadline to mail an appeal to that decision, posting the papers from Bosnia. That would serve to delay the extradition while the Serbian government waited to receive the papers. On Wednesday, Vujacic told reporters that in fact he never mailed anything.
Early Wednesday, Serbia's minister of justice signed off on Karadzic's extradition, and he was swept out of a Belgrade courthouse in a convoy carrying masked security service agents. He was flown on a government jet to the Netherlands.
Karadzic received a medical examination upon his arrival at the detention center, where he was assigned a 161-square-foot cell. Detainees have access to newspapers, television, English lessons and arts and crafts but not the Internet.
