BAHA-61 Accepted

Triennial Legal Review

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

A more senior and more independent legal review of the kind now being conducted as a one off ad hoc review is also required. Such a review should not be necessary on an annual basis but should provide a suitable measure of further assurance if conducted every three years.

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:

- The Defence Secretary stated on 8 September 2011 that the government accepted this recommendation and stated that a triennial independent legal review of tactical questioning and interrogation training had been established in addition to the annual review (Government Response to the Baha Mousa Inquiry, Ministry of Defence, September 2011).
- Independent review reports are internal military documents not publicly available for independent verification.

Response — verbatim from government

Ministry of Defence

Accepted. A triennial independent legal review has been established.

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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