The trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic will resume next week after being suspended when Mladic fell ill, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said Friday, July 13, AFP reports.

The 70-year-old was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure after falling ill during his trial on Thursday.

Mladic was not however in court for Friday's hearing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.

Judge Alphons Orie adjourned proceedings, after telling the prosecution's second witness, David Harland, a UN political advisor during the war, he would like to see him on Monday.

Harland had originally been scheduled to continue his testimony on Friday.

The trial had only resumed Monday with the prosecution's first witness testimonies, after being abruptly suspended May 17 at the request of the defense.

Mladic is being tried for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in Bosnia's 1992-1995 war that claimed 100,000 lives and displaced 2.2 million people.

Mladic faces charges relating to the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre, during which Bosnian Serb troops slaughtered nearly 8,000 Muslim men and adolescents.

He denies all the charges, but could face life in prison if convicted.