1. The European Union's “Civil Society Facility” programme for civil society organizations associations
- Author:
- Mirela Hodović
- Publication Date:
- 01-2017
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Centre for Security Studies
- Abstract:
- Due to the complexity of the police system, the integrity of police in Bosnia and Herzegovina is difficult to review. All police institutions have, however, established external mechanisms of oversight and control. Still, the majority of these oversight bodies do not sufficiently use the existing communication resources, which negatively affects the transparency of their work, while independent bodies have no direct authority to con- duct investigations against police officers. Internal control mechanisms in all law enforcement agencies provide a good frame- work for control of the legality of police work. Certain ambiguities however do exist in practice and are related to the independence and objectivity of the work of heads of departments for internal control; they are appointed by their immediate superiors and are directly accountable to said superiors for their work. Insufficient progress of internal control bodies has also been observed in terms of their contribution to determining criminal and misdemeanour liability of police officers and their transparency of work.
- Topic:
- Civil Society and National Security
- Political Geography:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina