Martic, a former minister of the interior and president of the self-styled Republic of Serb Krajina, is charged with 19 counts of crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war.
The indictment says that from August 1991 until August 1995, while participating in a joint criminal enterprise, Martic ordered and instigated persecutions, extermination, murders, imprisonment, torture, deportation, wanton destruction and plunder in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The alleged purpose of the joint criminal enterprise, led by former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, was the forcible and permanent removal of the non-Serb population from the Serb-held areas of Croatia.
Martic is also charged with the shelling of the Croatian capital in May 1995 and with a series of other crimes that left hundreds of Croatian civilians killed.
His trial began on December 13, 2005 and ended on January 12, 2007. The prosecution sought a life sentence.