Should The Security Sector Reform

Security sector reform is a comprehensive whole government approach and set of various activities designated to provide an effective and legitimate public service, the rule of law, security, civil authority and overall security condition to the public. It may include reforms and reestablishments (not limited) in areas such as military, justice, Police as well as other essential areas of the state. Security sector reform promotes stability and should result in the effective and legitimate rule of law.
There is no assessment or evaluation tool for the safe and secure environment. However, there are universally accepted foundations and set of principles that US government implement in security sector reforms. Some of the security sector reform
A host nation’s constitution and laws must play an essential role in security sector reform.
- Rule of law and Human rights must be established in order to achieve a long-lasting peace as well as the economic prosperity of the state going thru the security sector reform.
- Transparency establishment should be one of the main priorities for all participants. Actors in security sector reforms often have different missions, objectives, and agendas (even occasionally confronting the overall end state).
None of the aforementioned will guarantee a successful security sector reforms and establishments if constant evaluation and reassessment are not conducted, as well as challenges and risks are not reduced. The key challenges in developing a security sector may include and limited to following.
- Institutional (agencies, organizations, services) differences in resources, objectives, goals and occasionally in vision and approaches. Some of these differences may cause frictions between military and civilian partners.
- Understanding the perspectives of others and trying to consider what others are thinking and feeling and how their points of view