PARLIAMENTS ON A SPECIAL MISSION: OVERSIGHT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES
PARLIAMENTS ON A SPECIAL MISSION: OVERSIGHT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE MEASURES

Author(s): Katarina Đokić
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Governance, Government/Political systems, Security and defense
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
Keywords: Special investigative measures; security; data collected;
Summary/Abstract: Special investigative measures (SIM) are no novelty in the work of security actors, but over the past few years they have attracted significant public attention. Technological development has enabled the state to commit the most serious intrusion of privacy of its own and other states’ citizens so far, at the time when the respect for human rights in the large part of the world has become one of the proclaimed basic principles of the constitutional framework. Sensitivity of the data collected in this way means that the SIM are an aspect of the security actors’ work which is exposed to a very high corruption risk.1 On the other hand, the nature of the security threats which are predominant in the 21st century (above all, terrorism and organized crime) justifies the diligence in application of SIM. In order to prevent abuse, it is necessary to have the application of SIM 1) regulated by the law and 2) subject to external oversight (courts, independent state bodies, and the parliament).

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