Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Winds of reform in South Korea

The Republic of Korea's National Assembly is proceeding with legislation that would make major reforms in the military justice system. According to this report:

[T]he National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee passed a revision of the Military Court Act, which requires military sexual offenses to be tried in civilian courts rather than in military courts.

The legal revision has been pushed amid criticism that the current military law system, in which investigations, prosecutions and trials are all conducted within the military organization, neglects the protection of service member victims.

In addition:

The revision also mandates that civilian courts be additionally responsible for dealing with the death of a soldier killed in non-military crimes and crimes committed before enlistment, for instance.

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