FACTBOX - U.N. court readies for Radovan Karadzic

(Reuters) - Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men for planning and ordering genocide in the 1992-95 Bosnia war, was arrested on Monday after 11 years on the run.

Karadzic, still seen by militant nationalists as a defender of Serbdom following the collapse of Yugoslavia, was expected to be transferred quickly to the custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.

Following are key facts about the court and some of its major cases:

THE COURT:

* The ICTY was established by the U.N. Security Council in May 1993.

* Based in The Hague, it was the first international body for the prosecution of war crimes since the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials held in the aftermath of World War Two.

* The tribunal has jurisdiction over individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in the territory of the former Yugoslavia after January 1, 1991.

THE CASES:

* The tribunal has indicted 161 people. At present, 37 indicted war criminals are in custody in The Hague.