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Political | 01. Is there formal provision for effective and independent legislative scrutiny of defence policy? |
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Political | 02. Does the country have an identifiable and effective parliamentary defence and security committee (or similar such organisation) to exercise oversight? |
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Political | 03. Is the country's national defence policy debated and publicly available? |
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Political | 04. Do defence and security institutions have a policy, or evidence, of openness towards civil society organisations (CSOs) when dealing with issues of corruption? If no, is there precedent for CSO involvement in general government anti-corruption initiatives? |
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Political | 05. Has the country signed up to international anti-corruption instruments such as, but not exclusively or necessarily, UNCAC and the OECD Convention? (In your answer, please specify which.) |
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Political | 06. Is there evidence of regular, active public debate on issues of defence? If yes, does the government participate in this debate? |
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Political | 07. Does the country have an openly stated and actively implemented anti-corruption policy for the defence sector? |
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Political | 08. Are there independent, well-resourced, and effective institutions within defence and security tasked with building integrity and countering corruption? |
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Political | 09. Does the public trust the institutions of defence and security to tackle the issue of bribery and corruption in their establishments? |
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Political | 10. Are there regular assessments by the defence ministry or another government agency of the areas of greatest corruption risk for ministry and armed forces personnel, and do they put in place measures for mitigating such risks? |
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Political | 11. Does the country have a process for acquisition planning that involves clear oversight, and is it publicly available? |
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Political | 12A. Is there a legislative committee (or other appropriate body) responsible for defence budget scrutiny and analysis in an effective way, and is this body provided with detailed, extensive, and timely information on the defence budget? |
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Political | 12B. Is the approved defence budget made publicly available? In practice, can citizens, civil society, and the media obtain detailed information on the defence budget? |
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Political | 12. Is the defence budget transparent, showing key items of expenditure? This would include comprehensive information on military R&D, training, construction, personnel expenditures, acquisitions, disposal of assets, and maintenance. |
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Political | 13. Are sources of defence income other than from central government allocation (from equipment sales or property disposal, for example) published and scrutinised? |
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Political | 14. Is there an effective internal audit process for defence ministry expenditure (that is, for example, transparent, conducted by appropriately skilled individuals, and subject to parliamentary oversight)? |
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Political | 15. Is there effective and transparent external auditing of military defence expenditure? |
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Political | 16. Is there evidence that the country's defence institutions have controlling or financial interests in businesses associated with the country's natural resource exploitation and, if so, are these interests publicly stated and subject to scrutiny? |
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Political | 17. Is there evidence, for example through media investigations or prosecution reports, of a penetration of organised crime into the defence and security sector? If no, is there evidence that the government is alert and prepared for this risk? |
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Political | 18. Is there policing to investigate corruption and organised crime within the defence services and is there evidence of the effectiveness of this policing? |
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Political | 19. Are the policies, administration, and budgets of the intelligence services subject to effective, properly resourced, and independent oversight? |
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Political | 20. Are senior positions within the intelligence services filled on the basis of objective selection criteria, and are appointees subject to investigation of their suitability and prior conduct? |
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Political | 21. Does the government have a well-scrutinised process for arms export decisions that aligns with international protocols, particularly the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)? |
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Financial | 22. How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent? |
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Financial | 23. Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available? |
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Financial | 24. What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services? |
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Financial | 25. Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence? |
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Financial | 26. Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military, police, and intelligence services) and other secret programs provided to the legislature (or relevant committee) and are they subsequently subject to parliamentary debate? |
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Financial | 27. Off-budget military expenditures are those that are not formally authorised within a country's official defence budget, often considered to operate through the 'back-door'. In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? |
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Financial | 28. In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity? |
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Financial | 29. In law, are there provisions regulating mechanisms for classifying information on the grounds of protecting national security, and, if so, are they subject to effective scrutiny? |
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Financial | 30. Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses? |
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Financial | 31. Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard? |
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Financial | 32. Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government's reaction to such enterprise? |
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Personnel | 34. Do the Defence Ministry, Defence Minister, Chiefs of Defence, and Single Service Chiefs publicly commit - through, for example, speeches, media interviews, or political mandates - to anti-corruption and integrity measures? |
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Personnel | 35. Are there effective measures in place for personnel found to have taken part in forms of bribery and corruption, and is there public evidence that these measures are being carried out? |
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Personnel | 36. Is whistleblowing encouraged by the government, and are whistle-blowers in military and defence ministries afforded adequate protection from reprisal for reporting evidence of corruption, in both law and practice? |
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Personnel | 37. Is special attention paid to the selection, time in post, and oversight of personnel in sensitive positions, including officials and personnel in defence procurement, contracting, financial management, and commercial management? |
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Personnel | 38. Is the number of civilian and military personnel accurately known and publicly available? |
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Personnel | 39. Are pay rates and allowances for civilian and military personnel openly published? |
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Personnel | 40. Do personnel receive the correct pay on time, and is the system of payment well-established, routine, and published? |
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Personnel | 41. Is there an established, independent, transparent, and objective appointment system for the selection of military personnel at middle and top management level? |
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Personnel | 42. Are personnel promoted through an objective, meritocratic process? Such a process would include promotion boards outside of the command chain, strong formal appraisal processes, and independent oversight. |
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Personnel | 43. Where compulsory conscription occurs, is there a policy of not accepting bribes for avoiding conscription? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied? |
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Personnel | 44. With regard to compulsory or voluntary conscription, is there a policy of refusing bribes to gain preferred postings in the recruitment process? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied? |
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Personnel | 45. Is there evidence of 'ghost soldiers', or non-existent soldiers on the payroll? |
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Personnel | 46. Are chains of command separate from chains of payment? |
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Personnel | 47. Is there a Code of Conduct for all military and civilian personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? |
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Personnel | 48. Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed ,and are the results of prosecutions made publicly available? |
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Personnel | 49. Does regular anti-corruption training take place for military and civilian personnel? |
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Personnel | 50. Is there a policy to make public outcomes of the prosecution of defence services personnel for corrupt activities, and is there evidence of effective prosecutions in recent years? |
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Personnel | 51. Are there effective measures in place to discourage facilitation payments (which are illegal in almost all countries)? |
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Operational | 52. Do the armed forces have military doctrine addressing corruption as a strategic issue on operations? |
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Operational | 53. Is there training in corruption issues for commanders at all levels in order to ensure that these commanders are clear on the corruption issues they may face during deployment? If so, is there evidence that they apply this knowledge in the field? |
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Operational | 54. Are trained professionals regularly deployed to monitor corruption risk in the field (whether deployed on operations or peacekeeping missions)? |
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Operational | 55. Are there guidelines, and staff training, on addressing corruption risks in contracting whilst on deployed operations or peacekeeping missions? |
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Operational | 56. Private Military Contractors (PMCs) usually refer to companies that provide operational staff to military environments. They may also be known as security contractors or private security contractors, and refer to themselves as private military corporations, private military firms, private security providers, or military service providers. |
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Procurement | 57. Does the country have legislation covering defence and security procurement and are there any items exempt from these laws? |
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Procurement | 58. Is the defence procurement cycle process, from assessment of needs, through contract implementation and sign-off, all the way to asset disposal, disclosed to the public? |
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Procurement | 59. Are defence procurement oversight mechanisms in place and are these oversight mechanisms active and transparent? |
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Procurement | 60. Are actual and potential defence purchases made public? |
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Procurement | 61. What procedures and standards are companies required to have - such as compliance programmes and business conduct programmes - in order to be able to bid for work for the Ministry of Defence or armed forces? |
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Procurement | 62. Are procurement requirements derived from an open, well-audited national defence and security strategy? |
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Procurement | 63. Are defence purchases based on clearly identified and quantified requirements? |
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Procurement | 64. Is defence procurement generally conducted as open competition or is there a significant element of single-sourcing (that is, without competition)? |
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Procurement | 65. Are tender boards subject to regulations and codes of conduct and are their decisions subject to independent audit to ensure due process and fairness? |
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Procurement | 66. Does the country have legislation in place to discourage and punish collusion between bidders for defence and security contracts? |
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Procurement | 67. Are procurement staff, in particular project and contract managers, specifically trained and empowered to ensure that defence contractors meet their obligations on reporting and delivery? |
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Procurement | 68. Are there mechanisms in place to allow companies to complain about perceived malpractice in procurement, and are companies protected from discrimination when they use these mechanisms? |
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Procurement | 69. What sanctions are used to punish the corrupt activities of a supplier? |
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Procurement | 70. When negotiating offset contracts, does the government specifically address corruption risk by imposing due diligence requirements on contractors? Does the government follow up on offset contract performance and perform audits to check performance and integrity? |
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Procurement | 71. Does the government make public the details of offset programmes, contracts, and performance? |
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Procurement | 72. Are offset contracts subject to the same level of competition regulation as the main contract? |
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Procurement | 73. How strongly does the government control the company's use of agents and intermediaries in the procurement cycle? |
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Procurement | 74. Are the principal aspects of the financing package surrounding major arms deals, (such as payment timelines, interest rates, commercial loans or export credit agreements) made publicly available prior to the signing of contracts? |
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Procurement | 75. Does the government formally require that the main contractor ensures subsidiaries and sub-contractors adopt anti-corruption programmes, and is there evidence that this is enforced? |
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Procurement | 76. How common is it for defence acquisition decisions to be based on political influence by selling nations? |
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