Donor: Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of the Armed Forces
Duration of the project: February – November 2001
Initiated by Switzerland, the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), as an international endeavor dedicated to promoting and facilitating the structuring of civil-military relations in accordance with fundamental democratic principles, assigned the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights to provide DCAF with an analytical report on the legal dimensions of reform of the security sector in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.The report produced by the Belgrade Centre included the following elements: a comprehensive list of legal acts relevant to democratic control of military and non-military security forces in Yugoslavia, including policing structures and intelligence services, with summaries and analysis of essential points; identification of which laws are being amended or are planned to be amended (wherever possible, this included identification of the party or parties who are directly engaged in the amending process); discussion of related issues, such as in the political, judicial and administrative spheres, that have, or are likely to have, a significant impact on the legal framework of democratic control of armed forces and other security structures; discussion of other issues related to democratic control of armed forces that are being ignored or neglected and identification of external actors who are involved in providing assistance, whether financial, legal, or technical, to Yugoslav authorities regarding democratic control of armed forces.
