Special investigator continues to examine alleged ADF war crimes in Afghanistan, despite reports

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42% : But in his report, Brereton attempted to avoid any overlap, saying the inquiry "has not made a recommendation for administrative action in respect of a member who is the subject of a recommendation for criminal investigation".
40% : The inquiry recommended that allegations against 19 of those individuals be referred for criminal investigation, and the government set up the OSI, led by the former prosecutor and judge Mark Weinberg QC, to oversee that task.
40% : In the final report, Maj Gen Paul Brereton wrote: "The inquiry's approach is that those who have incited, directed, or procured their subordinates to commit war crimes should be referred for criminal investigation, in priority to their subordinates who may have 'pulled the trigger'."
36% : The report recommended the ADF consider taking administrative action against a second category of serving members, including in cases "where there is credible information of misconduct" that "does not meet the threshold for referral for criminal investigation".
35% : The Brereton inquiry identified two categories of soldiers alleged to have committed misconduct, one where there was likely to be sufficient evidence for criminal investigation, and one where there was not.

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