Q21.
Are the policies, administration, and budgets of the intelligence services subject to effective and independent oversight?
21a. Independence
Score
SCORE: 100/100
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Norway score: 100/100
Score: 0/100
There is considerable and regular undue influence in the oversight of the intelligence service’s policies, administration, and budgets. It is likely its mandate results in limited power and resources to carry out the oversight.
Score: 50/100
A parliamentary committee or independent body (e.g., appointed by PM) is designated to scrutinise the intelligence service’s policies, administration, and budgets. It may occasionally be subject to undue influence from the executive or the military or its mandate is not always matched by the body’s powers and resources.
Score: 100/100
A parliamentary committee or independent body (e.g., appointed by PM) is designated to scrutinise the intelligence service’s policies, administration, and budgets. It functions without undue influence from the executive or the military. Its mandate is matched by the body’s powers and resources.
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21b. Effectiveness
Score
SCORE: 50/100
Rubric
Norway score: 50/100
Score: 0/100
The oversight function has little to no influence over the intelligence services.
Score: 25/100
The oversight function does not have regular access to classified information. It may meet less frequently than every 6 months.
Score: 50/100
The oversight function has access to classified information and meets at least every 6 months to review budget and expenditures, personnel issues, and policies of the intelligence services. Findings are rarely published.
Score: 75/100
The oversight function has access to classified information and meets at least every 6 months to review budget and expenditures, personnel issues, and policies of the intelligence services. Though meetings are held behind closed doors, a summary of findings is published.
Score: 100/100
The oversight function has access to classified information and meets at least every 2 months to review budget and expenditures, personnel issues, and policies of the intelligence services. Though meetings are held behind closed doors, a summary of findings is published.
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Compare scores by country
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Country | 21a. Independence | 21b. Effectiveness |
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Albania | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Algeria | 0 / 100 | NA |
Angola | 0 / 100 | NA |
Argentina | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Armenia | 25 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Australia | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Azerbaijan | 0 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Bahrain | 0 / 100 | NA |
Bangladesh | 0 / 100 | NA |
Belgium | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Botswana | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Brazil | 75 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Burkina Faso | 50 / 100 | NEI |
Cameroon | 0 / 100 | NA |
Canada | 100 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
Chile | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
China | 0 / 100 | NA |
Colombia | NEI | 50 / 100 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 0 / 100 | NA |
Denmark | 100 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Egypt | 0 / 100 | NA |
Estonia | 100 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
Finland | 100 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
France | 50 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
Germany | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Ghana | 0 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Greece | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Hungary | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
India | 0 / 100 | NA |
Indonesia | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Iran | 0 / 100 | NA |
Iraq | 25 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Israel | 50 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Italy | 75 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Japan | 25 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Jordan | 0 / 100 | NA |
Kenya | 75 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Kosovo | 100 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
Kuwait | 0 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Latvia | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Lebanon | 0 / 100 | NA |
Lithuania | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Malaysia | 0 / 100 | NA |
Mali | 0 / 100 | NA |
Mexico | 0 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Montenegro | 50 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
Morocco | 0 / 100 | NA |
Myanmar | 0 / 100 | NA |
Netherlands | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
New Zealand | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Niger | 0 / 100 | NA |
Nigeria | 50 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
North Macedonia | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Norway | 100 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Oman | 0 / 100 | NA |
Palestine | 0 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Philippines | 50 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Poland | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Portugal | 75 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Qatar | 0 / 100 | NA |
Russia | 25 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Saudi Arabia | 0 / 100 | NA |
Serbia | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Singapore | 0 / 100 | NEI |
South Africa | 25 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
South Korea | 100 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
South Sudan | 0 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Spain | 100 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Sudan | 0 / 100 | NA |
Sweden | 100 / 100 | 100 / 100 |
Switzerland | 100 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
Taiwan | 100 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
Tanzania | NEI | NEI |
Thailand | 0 / 100 | NA |
Tunisia | 0 / 100 | NA |
Turkey | 0 / 100 | NA |
Uganda | 50 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Ukraine | 50 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
United Arab Emirates | 0 / 100 | NA |
United Kingdom | 75 / 100 | 75 / 100 |
United States | 100 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Venezuela | 0 / 100 | NA |
Zimbabwe | 0 / 100 | NA |