Accountability: Fostering Security Force Professionalism & Transparency – Parliamentarians Forum
Channel: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date: 2022-03-28

Session 3 of our African Parliamentarians Forum 2022: Pathways to Democratic Security Governance

Presented by:
• Dr. Emile Ouedraogo
• Ms. ‘Kemi Okenyodo
• Dr. Michael Ofori-Mensah

• How much is transparency within the defense and security sector a concern in your country? What have been your parliament’s successes and failures in addressing these issues, and do the 3As (ability, authority, attitude) explain this?
• How much is the conduct, performance, ethics of the security services and their respect for citizens’ rights and the rule of law issues of concern in your country? What have been your parliament’s successes and failures in addressing these issues, and do the 3As (ability, authority, attitude) explain this?
• To what extent does a culture of secrecy in the defense and security sector play into parliamentary access to relevant information about procurement practices or professional and ethical conduct of the security forces?
• How do you get information from other government institutions about the accountability of the security sector, both for its upholding of human rights and for its fiscal transparency?

Click here for the Program webpage, with recommended readings and panelist biographies:
https://africacenter.org/programs/african-parliamentarians-forum-2022/

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