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. Backgrounders, including translations into a number of languages, can be downloaded free of charge from the DCAF website.
DCAF Backgrounders available:
Child Soldiers
Contemporary Challenges for the Intelligence Community
Defence Attachés
Defence Reform
Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Female Staff Associations in the Security Sector
Gender and Security Sector Reform
Intelligence Services
Military Ombudsmen
Multiethnic Armed Forces
National Security Policy
Parliament’s Role in Defence Budgeting
Parliament’s Role in Defence Procurement
Parliamentary Committees on Defence and Security
Parliamentary Oversight of Intelligence Services
Police Reform
Private Military Companies
Security Sector Governance and Reform
Security Sector Reform and Intergovernmental Organisations
Security Sector Reform in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Sending Troops Abroad
States of Emergency
Trafficking in Human Beings
Vetting and the Security Sector