Hesapverebilirlik Bağlamında Kolluğun Sivil Denetimi: Sivil Gözetim Kurulları

Yıl 2015, Cilt: 33, 35 - 65, 01.06.2015

Serkan Altuntop

Öz

Kolluk teşkilatlarında hukuka aykırı iş ve işlemlerde bulunulması veya yetkinin kötüye kullanılması gibi durumlarda konunun araştırıp düzeltilmesini, gerektiğinde ihlal davranışı sergileyen kolluk personelinin cezalandırılmasını düzenleyen mevzuat ve birimler bulunmaktadır. Kolluk teşkilatlarının denetiminde iç disiplin birimleri yoluyla idari soruşturmalar, adli birimler yoluyla da dış soruşturmalar yürütülmektedir. Medyanın denetimi ise dolaylı olarak kolluk faaliyetlerini etkilemektedir. Bu mekanizmaların dışında demokrasinin bir gereği olarak ‘kolluğun denetimine vatandaşın doğrudan katılımını esas alan’ ve ‘sivil gözetim kurulları’ olarak adlandırılan mekanizmalar bulunmaktadır. Bağımsız ve tarafsız bir sivil gözetim kurulunun, kolluk teşkilatlarının görevleri ile ilgili sınırları korumada daha hassasiyetle hareket etmesine katkı sağlayabileceği ve bir erken uyarı sistemi rolü oynayabileceği değerlendirilmektedir. Bu makalede konu ile ilgili mevcut literatüre ilave olarak diğer ülkelerde yapılandırılan sivil gözetim kurulları ile ilgili tecrübeler de gözden geçirilerek, bu tür bir sivil gözetim kurulunun ülkemizde uygulanabilirliği tartışılacaktır

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sivil Gözetim Kurulu, kolluk, tarafsızlık, bağımsızlık, meşruiyet

Civilian Review of Law Enforcement Officers in the Context of Accountability: Civilian Review Boards

Öz

As a government agency, law enforcement officers are subject to control by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. The powers and mandates of the police are laid down by the legislature, the performance of the police function is supervised and controlled by the executive branch in matters involving personnel and police operations, and the courts serve as body that checks the police with their observance of substantive laws and legal procedures. In some countries, there is one additional control agency that police are exclusively accountable to, civilian review boards. Despite the abundance of checks, civilian review boards are advocated by the public and police scholars, both as an essential agency for considering citizen complaints, and as a control mechanism for police misconduct. The purpose of this article is to review the structure of and views on civilian review boards and to question if such a similar agency can be structured in Turkey

Anahtar Kelimeler

Civilian Review Board, law enforcement, impartiality, independence, legitimacy

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