The Osce Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security : Anatomy and Implementation

Ghebali, Victor-Yves; Lambert, Alexander

ISBN 10: 9004142924 / ISBN 13: 9789004142923

Published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2005

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Hardcover, printed boards, no jacket. Minor bump to the head of the spine, a OSCE stamp on the FEP. Pages are clean, bright and tight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Osce Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security : Anatomy and Implementation
• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004142924
• ISBN 13: 9789004142923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law & Criminology

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Synopsis

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book represents an urgently needed reference work on both the contents and the impact of the Code; drawing on as-yet unpublished materials, it offers a paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on the Code, as well as an in-depth assessment of implementation trends in the OSCE region.

Review

'The continuing relevance of the Code cannot be doubted. As put by Jonathan Dean, Europe is better off with a violated Code than with no such instrument. One also has to keep in mind that the violation of a politically binding agreement is in principle as inadmissible as a violation of international law. Both create mutual expectations concerning future behaviour, and these have to be met. Summing up, I warmly recommend this book to all those actors who are involved in and committed to the implementation of the Code.'
Kees Homan in Helsinki Monitor, 2005.
'It is undoubtedly the quintessential guide to understanding the overall impact that the OSCE impact on Europe's military security regimes.'
ASIL Newsletter UN21 Interest Group, June 2005.