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Table 5: Supervisi<strong>on</strong> over Intelligence Services<br />
Oversight mechanisms and competences<br />
146<br />
Which are functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> practice?<br />
Which are not functi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> practice?<br />
Parliament Ombudsman President State Audit<br />
Office<br />
• Files amendments<br />
with<strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> parliamentary<br />
group/<br />
<strong>in</strong>dividually<br />
(sporadically)<br />
• Votes <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
budget<br />
• Initiates<br />
<strong>in</strong>terpellati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
(m<strong>in</strong>ister of<br />
<strong>in</strong>terior)<br />
• Discusses publicprocurement<br />
deals<br />
(sporadically)<br />
• MPs questi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
• Discusses<br />
annual report<br />
<strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> work<br />
of <strong>the</strong> DSCI<br />
and IA<br />
• C<strong>on</strong>ducts<br />
field visits<br />
(sporadically)<br />
• Submits<br />
<strong>in</strong>terpellati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
to <strong>the</strong><br />
president (reg.<br />
Intelligence<br />
Agency)<br />
• Investigates<br />
about possible<br />
human rights<br />
abuses<br />
• Initiates <strong>oversight</strong><br />
hear<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
or public<br />
debates<br />
• Cooperates<br />
with CSOs<br />
• Goes through<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al audit<br />
reports for<br />
<strong>the</strong> respective<br />
m<strong>in</strong>istry / state<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong><br />
• Proposes<br />
laws with<strong>in</strong><br />
political group<br />
/ <strong>in</strong>dividually<br />
• Receives and<br />
acts up<strong>on</strong><br />
compla<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
• Issues recommendati<strong>on</strong><br />
(sporadically)<br />
• C<strong>on</strong>ducts field<br />
visits<br />
• Holds meet<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
with<br />
officials<br />
• Files crim<strong>in</strong>al<br />
charges<br />
• Starts <strong>in</strong>vestigati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
<strong>in</strong>dependently<br />
• Appo<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>the</strong><br />
Chief of General<br />
Staff<br />
• Appo<strong>in</strong>ts and<br />
dismisses <strong>the</strong><br />
director of <strong>the</strong><br />
Intelligence<br />
Agency<br />
• Exercises veto<br />
over new laws<br />
• Performs<br />
audit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• C<strong>on</strong>ducts field<br />
visits<br />
• Accesses<br />
classified<br />
<strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
• Follows up <strong>on</strong><br />
issued recommendati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
(sporadically)<br />
• Files crim<strong>in</strong>al<br />
charges<br />
• Issues separate<br />
recommendati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
C<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Court<br />
• Assesses legality<br />
of adopted<br />
laws<br />
• Protects<br />
freedoms and<br />
rights of <strong>in</strong>dividuals<br />
and<br />
citizens *<br />
• Decides <strong>on</strong><br />
accountability<br />
of <strong>the</strong> president<br />
**<br />
* S<strong>in</strong>ce 2008 <strong>the</strong> C<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al Court has not decided up<strong>on</strong> any compla<strong>in</strong>t by a citizen regard<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />
work of <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>telligence services.<br />
** There have not been any cases where parliament has <strong>in</strong>itiated such a process, which is why <strong>the</strong> C<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Court has not exercised this right.