Simatovic and Stanisic were accused of crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina based on a joint criminal enterprise and all other forms of individual criminal responsibility.
"Under the indictment, Slobodan Milosevic, Veljko Kadijevic, Blagoje Adzic, Ratko Mladic, Radmilo Bogdanovic, Milan Martic, Goran Hadzic, Radovan Karadzic, Biljana Plavsic, Zeljko Raznjatovic Arkan, Vojislav Seselj and others were identified, alongside the accused, as participants in a joint criminal enterprise aimed at the forcible and permanent removal of non-Serbs from the territory of Croatia and BiH," the three NGOs said in a press release.
They added that in two cases - Martic and Milan Babic - the ICTY confirmed the promotion of the joint criminal enterprise involving Adzic, Babic, Bogdanovic, Kadijevic, Karadzic, Milosevic, Mladic, Seselj, Simatovic, Stanisic and Dragan Vasiljkovic.
The statement was issued by the Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past, the Civic Committee for Human Rights, and the Osijek Center for Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights.