Security sector reform

Security sector reform is an operational and at the same time normative concept to reform state security sectors. The term originally comes from the German of the English. Designation Security Sector Reform.

The concept was first introduced in the 90s in Eastern Europe. The concept builds on the concept of human security. The aim of the internationally applied concept is a security sector that meets the needs of the population and the state, and this is under democratic principles. The concept is based on the recognition that states and their security sectors, under certain conditions can be used for security threat (eg in Sierra Leone). In this case, the security sector hinders sustainable development, democracy development and peace, and the State does not meet its security obligations. In Germany, the concept of security sector reform is applied, among others, by the German Society for International Cooperation ( GIZ).