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The OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-military Aspects of Security : Anatomy and Implementation.

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 h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, Alexander (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: BRILL 2005.
Colección:Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies ; 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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
  • 1st paragraph: Parties to the Code of Conduct
  • 2nd paragraph: The Code of Conduct's rationale
  • 3rd paragraph: Undiminished status of existing international law principles.
  • 4th paragraph: Undiminished status of existing OSCE commitments
  • 5th paragraph: Adoption of the Code of Conduct
  • Section I. Reaffirmation of comprehensive security and cooperative security, and enunciation of the solidarity principle
  • Paragraph 1: Wholesale confirmation of OSCE commitments
  • Paragraph 2: Reaffirmation of the comprehensive security concept
  • Paragraph 3: Reaffirmation of the indivisibility of security in the OSCE area and beyond
  • Paragraph 4: Reaffirmation of the cooperative security approach
  • Paragraph 5: Enunciation of the solidarity principle.
  • Section II. Reaffirmation of the commitment to cooperate against terrorism
  • Paragraph 6: Reaffirmation of the commitment to take appropriate measures to prevent and combat terrorism in all its forms
  • Section III. Reaffirmation of the equal value of the Helsinki Final Act's principles and of the commitment of non-assistance to aggressor states
  • Paragraph 7: Reaffirmation of the equal value of the Helsinki Final Act's Principles
  • Paragraph 8: Reaffirmation of the commitment of non-assistance or support to an aggressor state.
  • Section IV. Security Rights and obligations of OSCE participating states
  • Paragraph 9: Reaffirmation of the right to self-defence
  • Paragraph 10: Reaffirmation of the right to freely choose security arrangements
  • Paragraph 11: Reaffirmation of the right to belong to alliances and the right to neutrality
  • Paragraph 12: Obligation to maintain only such military capabilities commensurate with individual or collective security needs.
  • Paragraph 13: Obligation to determine military capabilities through national democratic procedures. Renunciation of military domination in the OSCE area
  • Paragraph 14: Authorisation to station armed forces on the territory of another participating state in accordance with freely negotiated agreements as well as international law
  • Section V. Importance of the process of arms control, disarmament and CSBM
  • Paragraph 15: Importance of implementation in good faith of arms control, disarmament and CSBM commitments.