almanac on security sector oversight in the Western Balkans

SSR Index – Measuring to Advance Democratisation
Table 4: Matrix of criteria analysed in the second phase of research 2009-2011
Name of
criterion
Legal State Existence of
relevant legislation
(Constitution,
primary laws on
actors and criteria,
law on public
administration)
regulating security
sector.
General
Transparency
Financial
Transparency
Executive
Control and
Oversight
Parliamentary
Control and
Oversight
Control and
Oversight by
Independent
State
Institutions
Free access to
information of
public importance.
Budget
transparency
Oversight and
control over the
legality of work
and human rights
protection.
Oversight and
control over the
legality of work
and human rights
protection.
Human rights
protection.
(e.g.
Ombudsperson)
Judicial Review Judicial oversight
of law
enforcement:
a. use of force by
law enforcement
officials
b. treatment in
custody
Representativeness
Access to jobs for
women in security
sector
Regulation of
security sector actors`competences,
missions, tasks
and regulation
of civil chain of
command
Personal data
protection
Public procurement
transparency
Oversight and
control over the
legality of the
budget spending.
Control over the
budget spending
of the state
actors that are
entitled to use
force.
Control over the
budget spending;
Suppression of
corruption.
(State Audit
Institution,
anti-corruption
bodies)
Use of special
investigative
measures
Access to career
development
opportunities
Fields of observation
Arrangement of
democratic civilian
control and
public oversight
in accordance
with international
norms of DCAF
and human rights
protection
Confidential data
protection
Compatibility
and consistency
of laws
Reporting Sanctioning
Oversight and
control of
the government
policy
implementation.
Oversight over
free access
to information
of public
importance and
personal data
protection.
(e.g. Data
Commissioner)
Access to jobs for
national minorities
in security
sector
Oversight and
control of the
bilateral and
multilateral
security
cooperation.
Access
to career
development
opportunities
Accessibility
of all posts at
all levels of
management
to national
minorities
Law
enforceability
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