Law Enforcement Oversight Worldwide

Who watches the police, sheriff, and corrections agencies — and how much teeth do they have? UnGovr tracks oversight bodies whose statutes specifically name law enforcement or corrections.

Methodology v0.2

244
Jurisdictions covered
710
LE oversight bodies
13%
Bodies with binding discipline authority
34%
Bodies with required civilian composition

Coverage by country

Country # LE bodies Strongest body Best independence Best LE capability
Afghanistan 3 Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission 33 12/40
Albania 3 Agjencia e Mbikëqyrjes Policore 80 26/40
Andorra 2 Raonador del Ciutadà (Citizen's Ombudsman of Andorra) 65 12/40
Angola 4 Procuradoria Militar 69 15/40
Antigua and Barbuda 1 Office of the Ombudsman 59 12/40
Argentina 4 Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación 69 34/40
Armenia 4 Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia 69 34/40
Australia 8 Commonwealth Ombudsman 71 21/40
Austria 4 Volksanwaltschaft 80 28/40
Azerbaijan 3 Anti-Corruption General Directorate with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan 59 10/40
Bahamas 3 Independent Commission of Investigations 71 34/40
Bangladesh 3 Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh 59 23/40
Belarus 2 Генеральная прокуратура Республики Беларусь (Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Belarus) 35 21/40
Belgium 5 Algemene Inspectie van de Federale Politie en van de Lokale Politie / Inspection générale de la Police Fédérale et de la Police Locale 69 21/40
Belize 2 Integrity Commission of Belize 59 8/40
Benin 3 Commission Béninoise des Droits de l'Homme 69 12/40
Bolivia 3 Defensoría del Pueblo 75 34/40
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 Independent Board of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina 66 18/40
Brazil 5 Ministério Público (Federal e Estadual) — Controle Externo da Atividade Policial 70 21/40
Bulgaria 3 Комисия за противодействие на корупцията 77 12/40
Burkina Faso 3 Commission Nationale des Droits Humains du Burkina Faso 69 23/40
Canada 3 Public Complaints and Review Commission 63 34/40
Cape Verde 4 Inspeção-Geral da Segurança Interna 69 21/40
Chile 3 Comité para la Prevención de la Tortura 79 18/40
China 3 National Supervisory Commission of the People's Republic of China 63 32/40
Colombia 4 Procuraduría General de la Nación 75 27/40
Cook Islands 2 Office of the Ombudsman of the Cook Islands 59 10/40
Costa Rica 3 Mecanismo Nacional de Prevención de la Tortura 84 28/40
Croatia 4 Pučki pravobranitelj 62 34/40
CU 2 Fiscalía Militar de la República de Cuba 30 15/40
Cyprus 3 Independent Authority for the Investigation of Allegations and Complaints Against the Police 63 26/40
Czech Republic 2 Generální inspekce bezpečnostních sborů 69 20/40
Denmark 3 Den Uafhængige Politiklagemyndighed 62 34/40
Dominican Republic 3 Ministerio Público — Procuraduría General de la República 57 20/40
East Timor 3 Provedoria dos Direitos Humanos e Justiça (PDHJ) — Office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice 61 12/40
Ecuador 2 Defensoría del Pueblo 69 22/40
El Salvador 3 Inspectoría General de Seguridad Pública 63 26/40
Estonia 2 Õiguskantsler 62 18/40
Ethiopia 4 Ethiopian Human Rights Commission 72 20/40
Fiji 3 Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission 63 23/40
Finland 4 Poliisirikosyksikkö 60 32/40
France 4 Defenseur des droits 71 24/40
Gambia 4 National Human Rights Commission of The Gambia 66 28/40
Georgia 3 Special Investigation Service of Georgia 79 20/40
Germany 3 Polizeibeauftragter des Bundes beim Deutschen Bundestag 82 20/40
Ghana 3 Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice 74 34/40
Greece 1 Συνήγορος του Πολίτη 53 28/40
Guatemala 4 Mecanismo Nacional de Prevención de la Tortura 67 28/40
Guinea 3 Institution Nationale Indépendante des Droits Humains 69 12/40
Guyana 2 Police Complaints Authority 55 28/40
Honduras 4 Comité Nacional de Prevención contra la Tortura, Tratos Crueles, Inhumanos o Degradantes 70 28/40
Hungary 1 Alapvető Jogok Biztosa 59 18/40
Iceland 3 Nefnd um eftirlit með störfum lögreglu 69 28/40
India 4 National Human Rights Commission 85 34/40
Indonesia 5 Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (Corruption Eradication Commission) 69 32/40
Iran 3 سازمان بازرسی کل کشور 59 10/40
Ireland 4 Policing and Community Safety Authority 79 12/40
Israel 3 Department for Investigation of Police Officers 69 20/40
Italy 3 Garante Nazionale dei diritti delle persone private della libertà personale 68 18/40
Ivory Coast 3 Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme de Côte d'Ivoire 63 12/40
Jamaica 5 Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) 79 34/40
Japan 2 国家公安委員会 (National Public Safety Commission) 43 24/40
Jordan 3 National Centre for Human Rights 59 12/40
Kazakhstan 5 Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan 66 27/40
Kenya 6 Independent Policing Oversight Authority 71 34/40
Kosovo 4 Inspektorati Policor i Kosovës 69 26/40
Kuwait 3 National Bureau for Human Rights 59 12/40
Kyrgyzstan 3 National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 64 12/40
Latvia 2 Iekšējās drošības birojs 59 20/40
Lebanon 3 National Human Rights Commission including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture 53 12/40
Liberia 3 Independent National Commission on Human Rights 66 12/40
Liechtenstein 3 Disziplinargericht für Landesbedienstete 63 22/40
Lithuania 4 Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga 71 34/40
Luxembourg 2 Inspection générale de la Police 70 30/40
Malawi 4 Independent Complaints Commission 69 34/40
Maldives 2 National Integrity Commission 71 28/40
Malta 4 Police Board 67 18/40
Mexico 2 Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos 70 22/40
Moldova 4 Serviciul Protecție Internă și Anticorupție 79 21/40
Monaco 2 Haut Commissariat à la protection des droits, des libertés et à la médiation 42 12/40
Mongolia 3 National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia 71 18/40
Montenegro 3 Savjet za građansku kontrolu rada policije 69 18/40
Morocco 4 Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme 69 12/40
Mozambique 4 Comissão Nacional dos Direitos Humanos 71 17/40
Namibia 2 Office of the Ombudsman 62 10/40
Nepal 3 National Human Rights Commission of Nepal 71 34/40
Netherlands 4 Rijksrecherche (National Police Internal Investigations Department) 65 20/40
New Zealand 3 Independent Police Conduct Authority 72 34/40
Nicaragua 2 Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos 64 12/40
Niger 4 Commission Nationale des Droits Humains 69 22/40
Nigeria 5 National Human Rights Commission 71 28/40
North Macedonia 2 Државна комисија за спречување корупција 62 10/40
Norway 3 Spesialenheten for politisaker 55 32/40
Pakistan 7 National Commission for Human Rights 65 28/40
Palau 1 Office of the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Palau 66 20/40
Panama 3 Mecanismo Nacional para la Prevención de la Tortura y otros Tratos o Penas Crueles, Inhumanos o Degradantes 77 28/40
Paraguay 3 Defensoría del Pueblo 61 18/40
Peru 2 Defensoría del Pueblo 64 28/40
Philippines 5 People's Law Enforcement Board 66 34/40
Poland 3 Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich 72 34/40
Portugal 2 Inspeção-Geral da Administração Interna 63 20/40
Qatar 3 National Human Rights Committee 43 12/40
Romania 5 Direcția Generală Anticorupție 67 21/40
Russia 4 Следственный комитет Российской Федерации 69 32/40
Rwanda 4 National Commission for Human Rights 69 34/40
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 Integrity Commission of Saint Christopher and Nevis 59 8/40
San Marino 1 Collegio dei Sindaci di Conto 64 4/40
Saudi Arabia 3 Human Rights Commission 21 12/40
Senegal 3 Observateur National des Lieux de Privation de Liberté 57 12/40
Serbia 1 Zaštitnik građana Republike Srbije 59 28/40
Seychelles 4 Office of the Ombudsman of Seychelles 66 12/40
Sierra Leone 4 Independent Police Complaints Board 67 28/40
Slovakia 4 Úrad inšpekčnej služby 72 20/40
Slovenia 4 Senat za reševanje pritožb zoper delo policistov 70 34/40
South Africa 7 Independent Police Investigative Directorate 72 26/40
South Korea 5 고위공직자범죄수사처 (Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials) 73 32/40
South Sudan 2 South Sudan Human Rights Commission 55 22/40
Spain 2 Defensor del Pueblo 70 12/40
Sri Lanka 4 National Police Commission of Sri Lanka 75 40/40
Sudan 2 National Commission for Human Rights of Sudan 66 12/40
Sweden 5 Riksdagens ombudsmän 70 28/40
Switzerland 3 Aufsichtsbehörde über die Bundesanwaltschaft 61 31/40
Taiwan 2 監察院 (Control Yuan) 71 26/40
Tajikistan 3 Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan 58 10/40
Tanzania 4 Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance 53 34/40
Thailand 5 National Anti-Corruption Commission of Thailand 74 24/40
Togo 4 Haute Autorité de Prévention et de Lutte contre la Corruption et les Infractions Assimilées 69 12/40
Trinidad and Tobago 2 Police Complaints Authority 63 28/40
Tunisia 5 Inspection Générale de la Sûreté Nationale 64 27/40
Turkey 3 Türkiye İnsan Hakları ve Eşitlik Kurumu 72 4/40
Uganda 4 Uganda Human Rights Commission 66 24/40
Ukraine 5 Державне бюро розслідувань 82 20/40
United Arab Emirates 3 National Human Rights Institution 26 8/40
United Kingdom 7 Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland 72 40/40
United States 243 Guam Community Police Review Commission 89 40/40
Uruguay 1 Institución Nacional de Derechos Humanos y Defensoría del Pueblo 67 18/40
Uzbekistan 3 Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan 58 10/40
Vanuatu 2 Police Service Commission 67 26/40
Venezuela 4 Ministerio Público de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela 78 20/40
Vietnam 3 Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam (Viện kiểm sát nhân dân tối cao) 59 15/40
Yemen 3 National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations of Human Rights 22 22/40
Zambia 4 Police-Public Complaints Commission 62 28/40
Zimbabwe 4 Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission 71 30/40