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command and maintenance of discipline. In Part C, we review certain critical
decisions. Part D is devoted to the issue of dereliction of duty.
11.3.
At the centre of the several issues discussed in this Chapter is the
effectiveness of systems of accountability within the JCF and JDF. We map the
chains of command in order to locate the sites of key decisions and to examine
their functioning including the fulfillment of critical tasks and duties, for example,
the duty to respect and protect the fundamental rights of individuals.
11.4.
We try to minimise repetition of ground covered in previous and
subsequent Chapters but it was inevitable that we should allude to some of the
decisions already assessed elsewhere in this Report.
PART A
DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAINS OF COMMAND
11.5.
Operation “Garden Parish” was described by the JDF commanders
as an internal security operation in which the JDF acted in support of the JCF.
However, the security forces did not execute the operation under a single or
integrated chain of command. Rather, they seemed to have coordinated their
activities.
The Joint Command
11.6.
Execution of the operation on 24 May required collaboration
between the two Forces. A coordinating mechanism and a set of procedures
were established. CoP Ellington testified variously of “joint command”, “a joint
planning cell” and “a joint operation centre”. CDS Saunders confirmed that there
was a joint command structure that “evolved out of joint operations” and there
was much evidence before us of a measure of joint planning and coordination.