Security Sector Governance and Oversight: A Note on Current Practice
December 01, 2009
Although definitions for security sector governance vary, reform centers around two dimensions that enable effective oversight and accountability of the security and justice sector: 1) an institutional dimension to (re)build transparent mechanisms and processes for security policy, decisions, and practice, and 2) a normative dimension to transform relationships among security and justice providers, governing and oversight bodies, and the general public to embody principles of "good governance"-transparency, accountability, responsibility, participation, respect for human rights, compliance with international law, and regional peacebuilding. Traditionally, SSG reform efforts targeted support toward two security sector actors: bodies authorized to use force and civil management and oversight bodies. This approach is now widely agreed to be too narrow and state-centric given the importance of justice and rule of law institutions in providing security, the prevalence of non-state security and justice providers, and the need to include civil society for public participation and legitimacy. Therefore this practice note looks at all formal and informal actors with a role in influencing security sector governance.
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