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The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry Report, commonly known as the Brereton Report (after the investigation head), is a report into war crimes allegedly committed by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) during the War in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016. [2]
Australian war crimes are acts confirmed or alleged to have been committed by the Australian Defence Force that have violated the laws and customs of war.In March 2023, Australia arrested a former SAS veteran over war crimes committed during the war in Afghanistan, becoming the first arrest of an Australian soldier for war crimes under Australian law.
An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to almost six years in prison on Tuesday for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in ...
In 2002 the Australian War Memorial (AWM) engaged Professor David Horner to investigate the feasibility of developing an official history of Australian peacekeeping activities. [2] The Howard government subsequently approved this project in 2004, and appointed Horner to be the official historian. However, it did not allocate any funding for the ...
5 July – Kip Gamblin, actor; 7 July – Michael Voss, Australian footballer and coach; 17 July – Loretta Harrop, triathlete; 7 August Megan Gale, model; David Matthew Hicks, prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, convicted of "providing material support for terrorism" 12 August – Taryn Woods, water polo player; 21 August – Simon Katich, cricketer
Mutilation of the dead, however, is a violation of the laws of war. [10] Captain Andrew Hastie , disturbed by the event, reported the incident up the chain of command. [ 8 ] Members of the troop pointed blame to an official training session held just nine days prior, in which two experts explicitly sanctioned the removal of hands.
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As of July 2017 there are eight memorials declared as Military Memorials of National Significance: [2] Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, 2008 [3] HMAS Sydney II, 21 May 2009 [4] Shrine of Remembrance, 4 November 2009 [5] ANZAC War Memorial, 23 April 2013 [6] Korean War Memorial in Moore Park, Sydney, 23 April 2013 [6]