Roundtable with civil society organizations

On 23 May 2013, in SOA Headquarters, a roundtable was held with the representatives of civil society organizations on the following topic: “Measures of Secret Information Gathering and Proportionality in Human Rights Protection“.

Representatives of civil society organizations in the field of human security, human rights and transparency participated in the roundtable.

Topics such as oversight over the SOA work and measures of secret information gathering, legal framework in this filed, strengthening of democratic standards and practices, enhancing the concept of human security were opened during the roundtable.

In the discussion the participants emphasised the importance of various forms of oversight over the work of SOA, but also the importance of the professionalism of SOA employees as one of the basic factors in ensuring the legality and expedience of SOA