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

243
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
Cuba 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