In announcing the release of a final report on Canadian military sexual misconduct, former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour says the military should abolish the structures and performance-based promotion systems that nurture sexualized culture.
During a press conference on May 30, Arbour announced the results of over a year’s work with 48 recommendations to change military culture and approach to sexual misconduct. Among her recommendations is the need to place military sexual offences under exclusive jurisdiction of civilian criminal courts, as was the case before the military was given jurisdiction to investigate its own sexual assault cases in 1998.
