BAHA-22
Response
Accepted
Self-assessed
Tactical Questioning Policy Clarity
Recommendation
Urgent consideration must be given to amending the tactical questioning policy to make clear what approaches are and are not authorised for use in tactical questioning. In future all tactical questioning and interrogational policies should descend to greater detail on approaches, as a minimum making clear which approaches are authorised for use in which discipline.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
The Ministry of Defence accepted this recommendation in September 2011, stating that the tactical questioning policy was amended to provide detailed guidance on authorised approaches. The implementation status was reported as completed in September 2012, based on the MoD's response. No specific published evidence detailing these amendments to the policy has been identified since 2012.
How was this assessed?
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Accepted
Response
Accepted
Accepted
Ministry of Defence
08 Sep 2011
Accepted. The tactical questioning policy has been amended to provide detailed guidance on authorised approaches.
Source
Inquiry
Baha Mousa Inquiry
Report
The Report of the Baha Mousa Inquiry - Volume III
08 Sep 2011
Responsible Bodies
Ministry of Defence
Primary
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
14.5 yrs
Last formal update
4945 days ago