Parliaments’ Contributions to Security Sector Governance/Reform and the Sustainable Development Goals

Testing Parliaments’ Resolve in Security Sector Governance During Covid-19

Wilhelm Janse van Rensburg et al.

Part of the SSR Papers series.

The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 calls for the establishment of peaceful, just and inclusive societies. The security sector can either contribute to or detract from SDG16 and parliaments play a role in directing the sector’s impact. The Covid-19 pandemic affected parliamentary operations globally during a time of increased security force utilisation in response to the pandemic. This study reviews the use of the security sector in South Africa, the Philippines and the UK during the first year of the pandemic as well as parliamentary responses. To ensure security sector contribution to SDG16, the study identifies the need for rapid parliamentary reaction to security sector utilisation, especially in cases of extraordinary deployments.

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