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Recommendations: Baha Mousa Inquiry

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Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.

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Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
BAHA-1	Prohibition on Hooding The MoD should retain its current absolute prohibition on the use of hoods on Captured Personnel (CPErS).	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-2	Standard Orders Prohibiting Five Techniques Joint Doctrine Publication (JDP) 1-10 should include the requirement for standard orders to be issued for each operation prohibiting the use of …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-3	Broaden Stress Position Definition The definition of stress positions in JDP 1-10 and elsewhere should be broadened so that it is not dependent upon the intention …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-4	Hooding Guidance The essence of guidance on hooding should be that it is prohibited at any time for whatever purpose to place a sandbag …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-5	Noise Prohibition Definition The definition of the prohibition on subjecting CPErS to noise should be broadened. It should prohibit subjecting CPErS to any unnecessary excessive …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-6	Redacted Recommendation [REDACTED - This recommendation has been redacted from the public version of the report]	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-7	Five Techniques Communication The MoD should give careful consideration as to whether referring to the five techniques as being prohibited 'as an aid to interrogation' …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-8	Five Techniques Placement in Doctrine The prohibition on the five techniques should not appear only within the Tactical Questioning and interrogation section of JDP 1-10 since it …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-9	Five Techniques in JTTP The prohibition on the five techniques should appear in the Joint Tactics, Techniques and Procedures guidance as well as in the main …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-10	Sight Deprivation Principles Five principles on permitted sight deprivation should be consistently emphasised in JDP 1-10 and subordinate doctrine and instructions: (1) where practicable the …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-11	Sleep Deprivation Prohibition JDP 1-10 should make clear that it is prohibited deliberately to keep prisoners awake, even for short periods, merely because they may …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-12	CPErS Meals Guidance JDP 1-10 should give some guidance in relation to the number of daily meals for CPErS and the timing of them. Such …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-13	Redacted Recommendation [REDACTED - This recommendation has been redacted from the public version of the report]	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-14	Communicating Sight Deprivation Reasons JDP 1-10 should include guidance that where practicable CPErS should be told the reason why sight deprivation is being applied. Suitable simple …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-15	Unit Holding Area Checklist JDP 1-10 should include a simple checklist covering both the principles and practicalities of accommodation for unit holding areas.	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-16	Death in Custody Checklist JDP 1-10 should include a simple checklist for actions on a death in custody. Where there is a death in custody, particularly …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-17	CPErS Complaints Procedure JDP 1-10 should incorporate the requirement that on entry to and exit from a theatre level detention facility, CPErS are proactively asked …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-18	Whistleblower Protection JDP 1-10 should address the protection that will be afforded to service personnel who make complaints or allegations in good faith of …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-19	Redacted Recommendation [REDACTED - This recommendation has been redacted from the public version of the report]	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-20	Doctrine Usability Review The MoD should ensure that Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) reviews whether its protocols for layout and pagination of joint doctrine …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-21	Generic CPErS Handling SOI Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) should complete work on a generic theatre-level Standard Operating Instruction (SOI) for CPErS handling. This should stand as …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-22	Tactical Questioning Policy Clarity Urgent consideration must be given to amending the tactical questioning policy to make clear what approaches are and are not authorised for …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-24	Harsh Approach Parameters To the extent that the MoD considers that the harsh approach can still lawfully be used in interrogation: (1) there is a …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-25	Redacted Recommendation [REDACTED - This recommendation has been redacted from the public version of the report]	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-26	Guidance on Exploiting Pressures The tactical questioning and interrogation policies should give more detailed guidance on the extent to which tactical questioners and interrogators may seek …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-27	Interrogation Video Audit The interrogation policy should require, as part of the auditing process, a review of a selection of video recordings of interrogations of …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-28	Tactical Questioning Audit Procedure The tactical questioning policy should be amended to include a clear and simple auditing procedure.	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-29	Medical Personnel Role Armed Forces medical personnel can and should be involved in providing advice that a CPErS is not fit for detention or questioning. …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-30	CPErS Medical Examination Policy The medical policy for CPErS should include: (1) CPErS must undergo a medical examination within four hours of capture, unless there are …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-31	Update SOI J3-9 Definitions The definitions of the prohibited techniques contained in SOI J3-9 should be updated to reflect the recommendations made in respect of JDP …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-32	SOI J3-9 Sight Deprivation SOI J3-9 should reflect the greater emphasis that is given in the latest draft of JDP 1-10 to avoiding in the first …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-33	Communicating Deprivation Reasons Where practicable CPErS who are subjected to sight deprivation or hearing deprivation should be told the reason for it. If being deprived …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-34	Consistent Sight Deprivation Terminology Theatre level detention instructions and guidance should be reviewed to ensure that references to the means of permissible sight deprivation are consistent. …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-35	Detention Timescales Consistency Theatre level detention instructions and guidance should be reviewed to ensure that references to timescales for detention are clear and consistent. Timescales …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-36	CPErS Documentation CPErS documents should be as few in number as possible but they require amendment to ensure that those involved in detention are …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-37	Occurrence Book Requirement A suitable occurrence book must be maintained at all times whenever CPErS are being held at a unit or sub-unit holding facility.	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-38	Single Comprehensive CPErS Order The MoD should continue its recent practice of ensuring that theatre level instructions and procedures for CPErS are contained within a single …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-39	Review Goggles Use in THF The Provost Marshal (Army) should formally review whether the current practice of using blacked out goggles for all movement of CPErS within …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-40	Battlegroup Detention Officer Each Battlegroup should have a 'Detention Officer' being a commissioned officer within Battlegroup Headquarters. The role should encompass coordination and management of …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-41	Detention Sergeant Role On operations where CPErS may be taken there should be a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) who acts as the 'Detention Sergeant' who …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-42	Written CPErS Responsibilities Before any deployed operation, the Commanding Officer must ensure that there is a clear written explanation of unit level responsibilities for CPErS. …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-43	PM(A) Inspection Authority The PM(A) and those who in his name carry out inspections of the main operational detention facilities should be expressly recognised as …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-44	Redacted Recommendation [REDACTED - This recommendation has been redacted from the public version of the report]	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-45	Unannounced Inspections The PM(A) and the in theatre Force Provost Marshal should take account of the in theatre situation in assessing whether any unannounced …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-46	Lessons Learned Process The MoD should consider whether the lessons learned procedures need to be adjusted or supplemented so that the clearer and more urgent …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-47	CPErS Training Content CPErS training should include both theoretical and practical training in what Forces personnel can and should do when handling CPErS. It is …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-48	End-to-End CPErS Training CPErS training should be woven into the full range of military exercises and training. Such training should be 'end to end', not …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-49	Consistent Training Materials Training materials across the Services need to be reviewed to ensure that the messages about all aspects of CPErS handling are clear …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-50	MATT 7 Presentation Update The MATT 7 PowerPoint presentation on the five techniques should be amended to ensure that the definitions of the techniques are consistent …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
BAHA-51	Prisoner Handling DVD Update The 2005 prisoner handling DVD should be amended to avoid misleading messages about sight deprivation in the context of interrogation, and the …	Baha Mousa Inquiry (2011)	Accepted

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