The former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic appealed his 40 year sentence for genocide and war crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Claiming he "was subjected to a political trial that was simply designed to confirm the demonization of him and the Bosnian Serb people" by the UN war crimes court, Mr Karadzic made his appeal on Friday.
"Having spent eight years in a UN prison and gone through a five-year trial... Karadzic is convinced that international justice is a failed project," his lawyer, Peter Robsinson said on Friday.
United Nations judges in The Hague found Mr Karadzic to be guilty of 10 of 11 charges including genocide in March this year.
Mr Karadzic continued to deny charges however, alleging that any atrocities committed were the actions of rogue individuals and not that of forces under his command.
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