BAHA-25
Response
Accepted
Restriction on Waking CPErS
Recommendation
In line with Recommendation 11 above, the tactical questioning and interrogation policies need to make clear that it is not permissible to deliberately keep prisoners awake, even for short periods, merely because they may shortly face tactical questioning or interrogation. CPErS may nevertheless be woken up in order to be tactically questioned or interrogated if the questioning is ready to take place provided that the policy on minimum periods of rest is respected. Both policies should make clear that the discretion to wake a CPErS for immediate questioning is not to be abused by way of repeated or random waking of the CPErS with a view to disorientation.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
Government response: Accepted. No public evidence of delivery has been found.
Sources
Government response (2011-09-08): Accepted
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/publication-of-the-baha-mousa-inquiry-report
Text: Accepted.
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Accepted
Response
AcceptedSource
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
15.0 yrs
Last formal update
5483 days ago