Democratic Control and Parliamentary Oversight over Defense and Security

In line with its mandate and relevant OSCE commitments, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Mission) supports Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in improving governance of its defense and security sectors by strengthening democratic control and parliamentary oversight of the BiH Armed Forces (AF BiH) as well as of the security and intelligence agencies in BiH. To this end, the Mission assists the authorities, civil society and other stakeholders in sustainably increasing their capacities for overseeing the overall performance of the sectors’ actors, advance accountability, and promote transparency. This particularly includes support to State-level parliamentary oversight bodies in their work on setting the legal parameters, adopting the budget, overseeing security activities, and protecting human rights of the AF BiH service members.