Until 7 September this year, 19 cases concerning sexually abusive behavior have landed on the table at the Ministry of Defence’s Audit Corps.
It shows a new statement.
There are as many as in the whole of 2020, and at the association Female Veterans, the vice-president and spokesperson Marie Sihm is worried.
– I think it is important that the Armed Forces get a look at the efforts that have already been launched. Whether they hit the spot and whether they work as they should.
Marie Sihm also believes that there is a large number of obscurities, which the inventory does not tell about.
– Definitely. One must keep in mind that the cases of the auditor corps are only the most serious.
– There are lots of cases that do not go there, she says.
The Audit Corps is the country’s military prosecutor’s office. The cases that fall into this category are therefore of a potentially criminal nature.
The statement appears in a parliamentary answer, where Minister of Defense Trine Bramsen (S) was asked about the matter by the Liberal Party’s working environment spokesperson, Anne Honorรฉ รstergaard.
And the numbers worry the V rapporteur. Even though the number for 2020 and 2021 is lower than for 2019, where it was 38.
– One must keep in mind that the cases that come up in the auditor corps are the completely glaring cases. It’s not just a hand on the thigh.
– So when there are already 19 cases of the very glaring, I find it very serious, she says.
The initiatives presented in 2019 included a hotline where abusive behavior can be reported.
In addition, at the beginning of 2020, posters were put up at the various duty stations for Armed Forces employees.
They had messages not to share nude photos of each other and not to touch each other without permission.
In a written comment, Trine Bramsen agrees that there are still problems. But she also believes she can see an effect of the measures to combat violations.
Violations are unacceptable – and that is precisely why I, together with the Chief of Defense, launched a targeted effort back in 2019. The figures show that the effort has an effect.
– But they also show that there are still problems. That is why it is important to maintain focus and develop the efforts, it is stated in the quote from the minister.
Source: The Nordic Page