Position Papers & Letters

2022

August 1, 2022: written statement provided to DoD Internal Review Team on Racial Disparities in Military Justice.

May 13, 2022: Policy Statement Disqualification of Certain Reservists from Serving as Judges

February 22, 2022: NIMJ submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries.

2021

• Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee Re: GTMO Military Commissions 
• Letter to SECDEF requesting Court of Inquiry to investigate Baghuz Strike. (A response from the DoD General Counsel to our letter.)
• ​Statement Re: Prosecutorial Discretion Under the UCMJ
• Statement Re: Passage of 2022 NDAA

2020 and later

• ​2003 NIMJ Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial
• 2003 NIMJ Comments to MCM Changes on Joint Service Committee (JSC) Role
• ​2003 Statement on Civilian Attorney Participation as Defense Counsel in Military Commissions
• 2005 NIMJ Letter to Senators Warner and Specter Advocating Hearings Prior to 2006 NDAA on Military Commission Review Provisions
• 2006 NIMJ Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial
• 2008 NIMJ Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial (MCM)
• 2009 NIMJ Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial
• 2010 NIMJ Analysis of Model State Code of Military Justice and Model State Manual for Courts Martial for National Guard Units Under State Control
• 2010 NIMJ Comments to CAAF Proposed Rules of Practice, Rule 21b(5)(G)
• 2010 NIMJ Comments to CAAF Proposed Rules of Practice, Rule 30A(a)
• 2010 NIMJ Letter Advocating the Use of Formal Rule Making for the Manual for Military Commissions
• 2010 NIMJ Letter to DoD Press Operations Re Reporter Bar from Guantanamo Military Commissions
• 2010 NIMJ Press Release Calling for the Department of Defense to Use Formal Notice and Comment Rule Making for the 2010 Manual for Military Commissions
• 2010 NIMJ Press Release Criticizing Release of MCM Without Public Comment
• 2010 NIMJ Press Release Opposing DoD Inspector General Investigation of Military Commission Defense Attorneys
• 2014 NIMJ Letter Provding Recommendations to the Military Justice Review Group (MJRG)
• December 2004 NIMJ Comments to Proposed Changes to Manual for Courts Martial
• December 2015 NIMJ Letter Requesting the Military Justice Review Group Recommendations
• NIMJ Policy Statement 18 Dec 2018 Military Justice and Presidential Commentary​.