A Paris court will rule on Monday in the case of a $1.3m lawsuit against Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, currently on trial in The Hague for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Kovach family is seeking compensation for the alleged paramilitary killing of a relative and injuries suffered during the 1992 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Zuhra Kovach, the mother, spoke to Al Jazeera's Tim Friend in Angers, western France. (Mar 14, 2011)