The OSCE code of conduct on politico-military aspects of security : : anatomy and implementation / / by Victor-Yves Ghebali and Alexander Lambert.

• Superior document: Graduate Institute of International Studies ; v. 5
• Author: Ghebali, Victor-Yves.
• TeilnehmendeR: Lambert, Alexander.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Graduate Institute of International Studies (Series) ; v. 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (450 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

A regime for the democratic control of armed forces exists in the OSCE area (which stretches from Vancouver to Vladivostok) through a "Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security" (1994). This instrument, which links civil-military relations to human rights and international humanitarian law, has no counterpart in other security organizations. Intruding into an area of state power hitherto considered a sanctum sanctorum, it commits the OSCE member states to a regular exchange of information on the status of the democratic control of their armed forces, as well as on such issues as the fight against terrorism and the stationing of troops on foreign soil. The book represents an urgently needed reference work on both the contents and the impact of the Code; drawing on as-yet unpublished materials, it offers a paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on the Code, as well as an in-depth assessment of implementation trends in the OSCE region.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations, -- Foreword to Part I by Ambassador Ján Kubiš , Secretary General of the OSCE, -- Foreword to Part II by Ambassador Lamberto Zannier , Director, OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, -- General Introduction, -- Part I - Paragraph-by-Paragraph Commentary on the Code of Conduct, Vincent Ghebali , -- Title: "Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security", Preamble, Section I. Reaffirmation of comprehensive security and cooperative security, and enunciation of the solidarity principle, -- Section II. Reaffirmation of the commitment to cooperate against terrorism, -- Section III. Reaffirmation of the equal value of the Helsinki Final Act's principles and of the commitment of non-assistance to aggressor states, -- Section IV. Security Rights and obligations of OSCE participating states, -- Section V. Importance of the process of arms control, disarmament and CSBM, -- Section VI. Reaffirmation of commitments to cooperate for conflict prevention and crisis management, -- Section VII. Democratic control of armed forces, -- Section VIII. Democratic use of armed forces, -- Section IX. Implementation arrangements, -- Section X. Final clauses, Bibliography, -- Annexes to Part I, -- Part II - Assessment of Implementation Trends of the Code of Conduct, Alexander Lambert , -- Introductory Remarks, -- 1. Assessment Framework, -- 2. Thematic Analysis of the Information Exchange, -- 3. The Code's Regime Evaluation, -- Bibliography, -- Annexes to Part II, -- Index to Part I, -- Index to Part II.