Handbook on Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector
The Handbook, produced in close cooperation with
the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), represents a major product
of DCAF's Parliamentary
Control of Armed Forces Working Group (PCAF). The Handbook provides
parliamentarians with a guide to the norms, principles, mechanisms,
and best practices of parliamentary oversight of the security sector
. The Handbook was first published in 2003 , and so far has since
been translated into more than 30 languages. Each language version
is published in hardcopy, and is also available online
(See Documents). To facilitate understanding and dissemination of
the ideas in the Handbook, DCAF organises workshops focusing on
specific issues facing parliamentarians as they work to improve
their oversight mechanisms and to reform their countries’
security sectors.
Editors Hans Born (The Netherlands), Philipp Fluri (Switzerland)
and Anders B. Johnsson (Sweden)
Lead Author
Hans Born
Contributors Alexey Arbatov (Russia), Jean-Christophe
Burkel (France), Eva Busza (USA), Marina Caparini (Canada), Umit
Cizre (Turkey), David Darchiashvili (Georgia), Jonah Isawa Elaigwu
(Nigeria), Hans-Peter Furrer (Switzerland), Denise Garcia (Brazil),
Suzana Gavrilescu (Romania), Wilhelm Germann (Germany), Owen Greene
(UK), Miroslav Hadzic (Serbia), Karl Haltiner (Switzerland), Heiner
Hänggi (Switzerland), David Hobbs (UK), Jan Hoekema (Netherlands),
Rogier Huizenga (Netherlands), Andrzej Karkoszka (Poland), Peter
G. Kelly (USA), Simon Lunn (UK), Tom McDonald (UK), Dorijan Marsic
(Slovenia), Gian Giacomo Migone (Italy), Michael F. Noone (USA),
Aleksandr Pikayev (Russia), Christine Pintat (France), Andreas Prüfert
(Germany), Christopher Sabatini (USA), Liliane Serban (Roumania),
Ravinder Pal Singh (India), Anders C. Sjaastad (Norway), Bauke Snoep
(Netherlands), Svitlana Svetova (Ukraine), Jan Trapans (Latvia),
Matias Tuler (Argentina), Marlene Urscheler (Switzerland), Pentti
Väänänen (Finland), Biljana Vankovska (Macedonia),
Marie Vlachova (Czech Republic), Casper W. Vroom (Netherlands),
Tamas Wachsler (Hungary), Donna Winslow (Canada), Herbert Wulf (Germany).
Editorial Board
Willem van Eekelen (Netherlands), Andreas Gross (Switzerland), Miroslav
Filipovic (Serbia), Stepan Sulakshin (Russia), Dimitro Tabachnik
(Ukraine), Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (Malaysia), Adeseye Ogunlewe (Nigeria)
and Elissavet Papadimitriou (Greece) - members of the IPU Committee
on Political Questions, International Security and Disarmament -
and Beth Mugo (Kenya) and Ricardo Vasquez (Argentina), members of
the IPU Committee on Parliamentary, Juridical and Human Rights Questions.
