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Since these cases have been publicised, more and more women are coming forward with their own experience of the US military court system taking over their cases in the UK, and we are seeing injustice after injustice like these. Amendment 53 asserts as a matter of principle that a UK victim of a criminal offence perpetrated within the jurisdiction of the UK by a member of, or a person attached to, a visiting force has a right for their complaint to be investigated and tried under UK law. It goes on to say that any attempt by treaty, agreement or memorandum of understanding to create exceptions to such a principle should be open and transparent; and that, where an exception exists, its exercise should be subject to safeguards. In particular, reasons must be formulated and committed to writing, communicated to the victim and judiciable.