Operational Law Training Currency
Baha Mousa Inquiry · The Report of the Baha Mousa Inquiry - Volume III · Issued 8 September 2011 · Addressed to: Ministry of Defence
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Those responsible for designing the mandatory operational law and values and standards training must keep the training relevant and up-to-date both in its content and in the style and means of delivery.
Baha Mousa Inquiry, The Report of the Baha Mousa Inquiry - Volume III · 8 Sep 2011 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- Operational law training materials are internal military documents not publicly available for independent verification.
Response — verbatim from government
●Ministry of Defence
Accepted. Processes for keeping operational law training current have been strengthened.
Ministry of Defence · 8 Sep 2011 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.
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