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The DCAF Backgrounders Series

The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) Backgrounders give clear and concise introductions to topics of security sector governance and reform that are of primary concern to practitioners. These documents are drafted by DCAF in consultation with topical experts.

Below are a list of these documents with direct links to the short publications. All are available in English and a number have been translated into other languages including Albanian, Azeri, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, French, Georgian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Child Soldiers
2006

Contemporary Challenges for the Intelligence Community
2006

Defence Attachés
2007

Intelligence Services
2006

Military Ombudsmen
2005

Multiethnic Armed Forces
2006

National Security Policy
2005

Parliamentary Committees on Defence and Security
2006

Parliamentary Oversight of Intelligence Services
2006

Parliament's Role in Defence Budgeting
2006

Parliament's Role in Defence Procurement
2006

Private Military Companies
2006

Sending Troops Abroad
2006

States of Emergency
2005

Trafficking in Human Beings
2007

Vetting and the Security Sector
2006

 

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