Baha Mousa Inquiry

Terms of Reference: "To investigate and report on the circumstances surrounding the death of Baha Mousa and the treatment of those detained with him, taking account of the investigations which have already taken place, in particular where responsibility lay for approving the practice of conditioning detainees by any members of the 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment in Iraq in 2003, and to make recommendations."

The Inquiry is established under the Inquiries Act 2005.

Chair: the Right Honourable Sir William Gage, a retired Court of Appeal judge

Dates - Establishment: 14 May 2008

Hearings:

Counsel to the Inquiry's opening address
13 July 2009

Summer break
27 July 2009

Opening addresses continue
21 Sept 2009

Module 1 - the history
21 Sept 2009

Module 2 - Baha Mousa and the other detainees
23 Sept 2009

Autumn break
26 Oct 2009

Module 2 - continues
9 Nov 2009

Christmas break
21 Dec 2009

Module 3 - training and the chain of command
Jan 2010

Module 4 - the future
Spring 2010

Conclusion of hearings
mid-2010

Report: Not yet published

Link to website and or download report:
http://www.bahamousainquiry.org

Description of the events which caused the public concern: In a written statement given in Parliament on 14 May 2008 the Secretary of State for Defence announced that there would be a public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi civilian who died whilst in detention at 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Battle Group Main (BG Main)  facility in Basra, Iraq in September 2003. He described that death as a disturbing incident: not just because a man died in the custody of British soldiers but because an investigation by the Royal Military Police and a subsequent Court Martial highlighted further important questions that needed to be answered.

Litigation: None.

Summary of reports recommendations: Not yet reported.

Any follow up bodies: Not applicable.