Župljanin je, tvrde tužioci UN-a, učestvovao u zajedničkom kriminalnom projektu, čiji je cilj bio "eliminacija i permanentno uklanjanje, silom ili drugim sredstvima, bosanskih Muslimana i bosanskih Hrvata sa teritorije" samoproglašene Autonomne oblasti Krajina.
Zupljanin, UN prosecutors alleged, participated in a joint criminal enterprise, the objective of which was "to eliminate and permanently remove, by force or other means, Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats from the territory" of the self-proclaimed Autonomous Region of Krajina.