Lack of faith in internal procedures reflected in IRG report no surprise, says Conor King
The jurisdiction of courts martial to deal with the most serious offences was limited, the review found, adding “it is not clear” why this jurisdiction should be retained by the court martial system rather than passing it on to An Garda Síochána, prosecuting authorities and the civil courts.
“Why would the Defence Forces be equipped, even be entitled, to investigate a sexual assault? If a member came to me and said that she or he had been sexually assaulted, I would say ‘Oh my God, we’ll get you to the guards immediately because they are the people who have the competence.’” “We have this archaic kind of court martial system that takes way, way, way too long, and makes people lose faith in the process because it is dragged out, for years in some cases,” he said. “People maybe see these kind of cumbersome, overly bureaucratic complaints procedures and go, ‘it is not even worth the pain involved in complaining’.”
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