Oversight and Guidance: The Relevance of Parliamentary Oversight for the Security Sector
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CONTENTS
Introduction Oversight and Guidance: The Relevance of ParliamentaryOversight for the Security Sector and its Reform
Hans Born, Philipp Fluri and Simon Lunn
Chapter 1 The Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Principle and Practice
Simon Lunn
Chapter 2 Learning from Best Practices of Parliamentary Oversightof the Security Sector
Hans Born
Chapter 3 The Democratic Control of Armed Forces: The Nationaland International Parliamentary Dimension
Willem F. van Eekelen
Annex I The Powers, Procedures and Practices of Parliamentary Oversightof Defence in the NATO Member States
Willem F. van Eekelen
Annex II NATOâs Developing Partnerships
Rasa Jukneviciene
Annex III Democracy and Security in Central Asia: What Policy for NATOand the EU?
Marc Angel
Annex IV NATOâs Future Political Agenda
Raynell Andreychuk
Annex V NATO PA Policy Recommendations
Annex VI NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA)
Annex VII Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Abstract
This updated version of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly â DCAF Vademecum on Oversight and Guidance of the Security Sector, as with the first edition published in 2003, seeks to present semi¬nal information on parliamentary oversight and guidance of the security sector, with a special focus on defence affairs, along with documents developed and passed by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA), illuminating the status of security sector reform priorities within the NATO PA and the wider Euro-Atlantic community. The volume underlines the essential role that parliaments must play in ensuring democratic oversight of the security sector, particularly in the field of defence reform, while underlining that there is no universally applicable model for how this can be achieved. While democracies share principles and values, parliamentary practices are moulded by specific national traditions and cultures, nuancing each parliamentâs approach to the common challenges of democratic defence reform.