1.3 Project methodology: The research employed secondary research methodologies; desk based analysis of academic articles, policy briefs, strategic documents and state papers of existing oversight mechanisms. More specifically, the researcher undertook the following: 1. Updating of a database of all relevant oversight mechanisms in the CoE and EU member states; 47 member states in total. ‘The oversight mechanisms refer specifically to bodies, institutions and organisations that are associated with the policing agencies within the named states’ 2. Each oversight mechanism presented in the database was critiqued through the following framework: x x x x x x Legal basis for the establishment and functioning of the oversight body; purpose, jurisdiction and scope of work of the body; model applied by the body; level/type of powers of investigation held by body; structure of the body; and resources attributed to the body 3. Thematic analysis of the database was based around the following themes: x x x Successful interventions; challenges; and models of good practice 1.4 Project outputs: This paper draws together all of the relevant policing oversight mechanisms in the CoE states and provides a critique of good practice. The paper concludes with an assessment of progress with the recommendations made in 2015 with regard to the implementation of any future policing oversight mechanisms. 1.5 Structure and usage of table: The table presents updated (as of 20 February 2017) information about the oversight mechanisms in all forty-seven countries of the Council of Europe. As 13