On je optužen za ratne zločine, između ostalog i genocid, zbog svoje uloge u masakru 1995. godine u Srebrenici, u kom je su trupe pod njegovom komandom okružile i izvršile pokolj nad skoro 8.000 bosanskih Muslimana.
He is accused of war crimes, including genocide, for his role in the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica, in which nearly 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were rounded up and slaughtered by troops under his command.