Perisic is accused of the Srebrenica massacre, the siege of Sarajevo and a missile attack on Zagreb. The prosecution has recommended that he be found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, while the defence has called for an acquittal.
A 13-count indictment charges Perisic with aiding and abetting crimes against civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Four counts refer to the shelling of Zagreb with an "Orkan" multiple-barrel rocket launcher on 2 and 3 May 1995 when seven civilians were killed and at least 194 wounded.
Perisic turned himself in on 7 March 2005 and was granted provisional release pending trial, which opened on 2 October 2008.
During his trial, minutes from meetings of the Yugoslav Supreme Defence Council after Croatian military operation "Storm" were introduced as evidence, which showed that a mass exodus of Croatian Serbs in August 1995 was due to the decision of their leaders rather than due to artillery attacks during Operation Storm as established by the trial chamber in the case of Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac. The defence teams of the two generals now want these transcripts to be introduced in the appellate proceedings for their clients.