President Biden signs an executive order criminalizing military sexual harassment that the White House says was created in honor of Spc. Vanessa Guillen,...
establishing sexual harassment as an offense under the military justice code.
Guillén, whose dismembered remains were found two months after she went missing from Fort Hood in 2020, told her family she was being sexually harassed at work before she disappeared. Her remains were found buried next to the Leon River outside the massive Army base., the Army confirmed Guillén was sexually harassed by a supervisor, but not by the soldier accused of killing her.
“The Guillén family’s leadership and determination in advocating for change underscored the need for military justice reform, including how the Uniform Code of Military Justice addresses sexual harassment,” the White HouseIn addition to formally adding sexual harassment to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which activists hope will both
from developing, Biden’s executive order also strengthens the military justice system’s response to domestic violence and the unwanted sharing of intimate visual images. Reforms in the NDAA include moving decisions to prosecute sexual assault, domestic violence and other serious crimesLawmakers and advocates said this change is key to ensuring justice for survivors, but some argued the NDAA still had flaws, and that not all of the changes they pushed for were included. Biden signed the act into law on Dec. 27.
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