Hans Born (The Netherlands), Ph D, is a senior fellow at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (www.dcaf.ch). He has conducted policy studies in the area of human rights, accountability and security sector governance for the United Nations, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe and the European Parliament. Hans Born received an MA in public administration from Twente University and a PhD from the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands.His latest publications includeHans Born, Ian Leigh and Aidan Wills "International Intelligence Cooperation and Accountability", Routledge, London, 2011.Hans Born, Gates Bill and Heiner Haenggi (eds.) "Governing the Bomb: Democratic Accountability and Civilian Control of Nuclear Weapons", Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010.United Nations Human Rights Council 14/46 "Compilation of good practices on legal and institutional frameworks and measures that ensure respect for human rights by intelligence agencies while countering terrorism, including on their oversight", Geneva, 2010, prepared by UN Special Rapporteur Martin Scheinin with the assistance of Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed ForcesHans Born and Albrecht Schnabel,(eds.) "Security Sector Reform in Challenging Environments," LIT Verlag, Berlin, 2009Hans Born and Ian Leigh, "Human Rights of Armed Forces Personnel," OSCE (ODIHR), Warsaw, 2008Hans Born and Marina Caparini, "Democratic Control of Intelligence Services: Containing Rogue Elephants," Ashgate Publishers, 2007