SWAN's Comments on the IRC's Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
2 July 2021
PRESS CONTACT:
Victoria Moore
SWAN's Comments on the IRC's Report
The Independent Review Commission Conclusion on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment.
Washington D.C. –– The report of the Independent Review Commission (IRC) on sexual assault in the military “Hard Truths and the Duty to Change: Recommendations from the Independent Review Commission Sexual Assault in the Military,” released on July 2nd, is the most comprehensive look to date at the underlying cultural, leadership, and legal causes of military’s inability to prevent sexual assault and harassment within its ranks or to deal effectively with its aftermath. The report also provides thoughtful, feasible recommendations for transforming the military’s justice system; its unit and service cultural climates; its leadership development programs at all levels, and its support for the victims of sexual assault.
This report is not a magical incantation for vanishing sexual assault that can be quickly read and filed away. It should be read as a blueprint for the infrastructure Congress, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the leaders of each service must build together if they genuinely want to end the blight of military sexual assault. It will take time, funding, changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and profound changes to each service’s unit cultures. It can be done, but will it be?
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