Mladić je prvobitno bio optužen za ratne zločine po osnovu sukoba u BiH u julu 1995, u okviru zajedničke optužnice s ratnim političkim liderom bosanskih Srba Radovanom Karadžićem, ali je ona kasnije podijeljena u dva odvojena predmeta.
Mladic was originally charged with war crimes stemming from the conflict in BiH in July 1995, under a joint indictment with wartime Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, but it was later split into two separate cases.