Parliaments' contributions to security sector governance/reform and the sustainable development goals testing parliaments' resolve in security sector governance during Covid-19

The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 calls for the establishment of peaceful, just and inclusive societies. The security sector has the potential to contribute to SDG16 through the fulfilment of its traditional and non-traditional security tasks. However, the security secto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Van Rensburg, Wilhelm Janse, author (author), Van Zyl-Gous, Nicolette, author, Heinecken, Lindy, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Ubiquity Press [2022]
Colección:SSR paper ; Volume 21.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • SSR Papers
  • About the Authors
  • Declaration
  • Acknowledgements
  • Executive Summary
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Aim and research methodology
  • Conceptual demarcation: SSG and the SDGs
  • The Sustainable Development Goals Security Sector Governance
  • Locating the role of parliaments
  • Parliaments, democracy and ensuring accountability
  • Linking parliaments, SSG and SDG16
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2: Parliaments and SSG-Contributing to Stability for Sustainable
  • Development
  • Introduction
  • Military contributions to SDG16
  • Parliaments' role in enhancing military contributions to SDG16 Police contributions to SDG16
  • Parliaments' role in enhancing police contributions to SDG16
  • Private security contributions to SDG16
  • Parliaments' role in enhancing private security contributions to SDG16
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: Parliaments and Security Sector Governance-Contributing to Just and Peaceful Societies
  • Introduction
  • Security sector transparency
  • How do parliaments ensure security sector transparency?
  • Security sector accountability
  • Parliamentary focus areas to ensure security sector accountability
  • Parliaments' budgetary function and oversight of related performance aspects
  • Oversight of security sector policy
  • Oversight of security sector human resources Oversight of security sector utilisation
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Covid-19 and the Security Sector Response-Testing Parliaments'
  • Resolve and Sustainable Development Contribution
  • Introduction
  • Covid-19 and the varying utilisation of the security sector
  • South Africa
  • The Philippines
  • The United Kingdom
  • Parliaments' varying capacity during Covid-19
  • South Africa
  • The Philippines
  • The United Kingdom
  • Exercising parliamentary oversight of the security sector during Covid-19 Security sector transparency during Covid-19
  • Security sector accountability during Covid-19
  • Linking Covid-19 responses and SDG16
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations to Parliaments
  • Introduction
  • Conclusions
  • Confirming the security sector contribution to SDG16
  • Confirming parliaments' shortfalls in emergencies
  • Highlighting the link between continuous oversight, accountability and the SDGs Human security theory and the concept of executive dominance
  • Recommendations to parliaments Parliaments' legislative function
  • Parliaments' representation function
  • Parliaments' budgetary function
  • Parliaments' oversight function
  • Reference List.