CIAO DATE: 10/06

Democratising Security in Transition States

Katrin Kinzelbach and Eden Cole, Editors

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

April 2006

 

Table of Contents

• Foreword
  Kathleen Cravero and Shoji Nishimoto

• Regional Dialogue on Security Sector Oversight: Report on CIS Parliamentary Roundtable, Prague, October 2005
  Katrin Kinzelbach

• The Status of Current Security Sector Governance in the CIS and its Relevance to Parliamentarians
  Eden Cole

• Parliaments in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations: Lessons Learned from Eastern Europe and the CIS
  Dr. Daniel Smilov and Dr. Rumyana Kolarova

• Recommendations for Improving Democratic Oversight and Guidance of the Security Sector
  United Nations Development Programme/ Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

• Conclusions
  Dr. Philipp Fluri and Marcia V. J. Kran

Resources

• Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
  OSCE/ Special Committee of the CSCE Forum for Security Co-operation

• CoE PA Recommendation 1713 (2005)
  Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

• UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
  United Nations General Assembly

• UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
  Eighth UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

• Oversight Mechanisms
  Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

• Assessment Tool
  United Nations Development Programme/ Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

• Case Studies
  Dr. Hans Born

• Guidelines for Facilitators
  Dr. Hans Born