(ANSA) - BELGRADE, NOV. 10 - The judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) rejected today the request from Ratko Mladic's defense to postpone the first judgement scheduled for November 22. The request aimed at giving the Serbian physicians the opportunity to examine the former general, whose health is precarious. Ratko Mladic (75 yo) was tried for genocide and war crimes and against humanity. He is held responsible in particular for the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in July 1995 - defined as genocide by international justice - and for the long and bloody siege of Sarajevo. Mladic, arrested in May 2011 after absconding for a long time, has been hit by two strokes and a heart attack so far. Moreover, he has been diagnosed with brain disorders. In 2015, some Russian medical consultants examined him in the Hague. According to those physicians, his health conditions were such that he would not be able to face the trial sessions. (ANSA).