Military law reports and publications
Canadian military law includes the law relating to the constitutionally separate system of military justice as well as the governance, administration and activities of the Canadian Armed Forces. The Judge Advocate General is directly responsible for advice on international and operational law, criminal law and military justice policy, military training and education, grievances, boards of inquiry and summary investigations, elections law, compensation and benefits, military personnel law and the organization, command and control of the Canadian Armed Forces.
This page provides a list of reports and publications on military law and military justice under the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Judge Advocate General Annual Reports
- Annual Report 2024-2025
- Annual Report 2023-2024
- Annual Report 2022-2023
- Annual Report 2021-2022
- Annual Report 2020-2021
- Annual Report 2019-2020
- Annual Report 2018-2019
- Annual Report 2017-2018
- Annual Report 2016-2017
- Annual Report 2015-2016
- Annual Report 2014-2015
- Annual Report 2013-2014
- Annual Report 2012-2013
- Annual Report 2011-2012
- Annual Report 2010-2011
- Annual Report 2009-2010
- Annual Report 2008-2009
Defence Counsel Services (DCS)
- DCS Annual Report 2024-2025
- DCS Annual Report 2023-2024
- DCS Annual Report 2022-2023
- DCS Annual Report 2021-2022
- DCS Annual Report 2020-2021
- DCS Annual Report 2019-2020
- DCS Annual Report 2018-2019
- DCS Annual Report 2017-2018
- DCS Annual Report 2016-2017
- DCS Annual Report 2015-2016
- DCS Annual Report 2014-2015
- DCS Annual Report 2013-2014
- DCS Annual Report 2012-2013
- DCS Annual Report 2011-2012
- DCS Annual Report 2010-2011
- DCS Annual Report 2009-2010
- DCS Annual Report 2008-2009
- Directorate of Defence Counsel Services (DDCS) Manual
Director of Military Prosecutions (DMP)
- DMP Annual Report 2024-2025
- DMP Annual Report 2023-2024
- DMP Annual Report 2022-2023
- DMP Annual Report 2021-2022
- DMP Annual Report 2020-2021
- DMP Annual Report 2019-2020
- DMP Annual Report 2018-2019
- DMP Annual Report 2017-2018
- DMP Annual Report 2016-2017
- DMP Annual Report 2015-2016
- DMP Annual Report 2014-2015
- DMP Annual Report 2013-2014
- DMP Annual Report 2012-2013
- DMP Annual Report 2011-2012
- DMP Annual Report 2010-2011
- DMP Annual Report 2009-2010
- DMP Annual Report 2008-2009
Military Justice
- CANFORGEN 122/26, Coming into force of legislative changes impacting the Military Justice System
- Military Justice at the Unit Level Policy 2.0
- Court Martial Comprehensive Review – Draft Internal Report
- Independent External Comprehensive Review
- Independent Reviews of the National Defence Act
- Code of Service Discipline and Me
Exercise of concurrent jurisdiction
- DMP Letter - Re: Interim Handling of Sexual Assault and Other Criminal Offences of a Sexual Nature Subject to Concurrent Jurisdiction, 18 January 2024.
- Statement of Principles and Presumptions for the Exercise of Concurrent Jurisdiction by Canadian Prosecuting Authorities, Federal-Provincial-Territorial Heads of Prosecution Committee, 1 November 2023;
Courts Martial
Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)
- MoU Writing Guidelines (Undergoing an update)