Who is Policing the Police? – The Role of Parliament in Police Governance in Asia and Europe

Mario J. Aguja; Hans Born

doi:10.5771/0175-274X-2017-2-72

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- 53–90 THEMENSCHWERPUNKT 53–90
  - 53–59 Parlamente in der Friedens- und Sicherheitspolitik: Parlamentarische Kontrolle von Streitkräfteeinsätzen im Licht der Forschung Patrick A. Mello, Dirk Peters Patrick A. Mello, Dirk Peters 53–59
  - 60–65 The Bundestag as a Champion of Parliamentary Control of Military Missions Wolfgang Wagner Wolfgang Wagner 60–65
  - 66–71 No Patience for „Wars of Choice“? – Der US-Kongress und die Auseinandersetzung über die militärische Interventionspolitik in der Ära Obama Florian Böller Florian Böller 66–71
  - 72–78 Who is Policing the Police? – The Role of Parliament in Police Governance in Asia and Europe Mario J. Aguja, Hans Born Mario J. Aguja, Hans Born 72–78
  - 79–84 Scrutinizing Arms Exports in Europe: The Reciprocal Relationship Between Transparency and Parliamentary Control Diederik Cops, Nils Duquet, Gregory Gourdin Diederik Cops, Nils Duquet, Gregory Gourdin 79–84
  - 85–90 Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation: An Answer to the Double Democratic Deficit in the Area of CFSP and CSDP? Oliver Schwarz Oliver Schwarz 85–90
- 91–96 BEITRÄGE AUS SICHERHEITSPOLITIK UND FRIEDENSFORSCHUNG 91–96
  - The Sectarian Dimension of Political Legitimacy in Syria: The National Roots of Sectarian Violence in the Syrian war Maximilian Lakitsch Maximilian Lakitsch
- 97–98 NEUERSCHEINUNGEN 97–98
- 98–102 BESPRECHUNGEN 98–102
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Who is Policing the Police? – The Role of Parliament in Police Governance in Asia and Europe

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Mario J. Aguja Hans Born

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0175-274X-2017-2-72
- ISSN: 0175-274X
- ISSN online: 0175-274x
Abstract

The objective of this article is to explore the role of parliament in police governance in selected countries in Asia and Europe, including Belgium, Germany, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Thailand and the United Kingdom. Based on a comparative framework of analysis, the country case studies demonstrate that parliaments apply their generic functions to the police, including the legislative, budget control and oversight function. Furthermore, parliaments in all case studies have a dedicated committee or sub-committee dealing with police affairs, endowed with subpoena and contempt powers to compel government and police officers to appear before committee meetings and to submit required documents. In addition, for police to be fully accountable, parliaments have legislated and set up independent oversight bodies, including independent police complaints bodies, ombudspersons and national human rights institutions as well as anti-corruption/financial audit bodies and data-protection commissioners.
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