CORE BUSINESS OF UN POLICE
AND ITS KEY PARTNERS
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Aim
To familiarize peacekeeping
personnel with:
• the evolution of mandates
• the current core tasks of UN Police
Structure Of The Presentation
• History of UNPOL
• Different types of peacekeeping
operations
• Characteristics of UNPOL
• Roles of UN Police
• Principles of democratic policing
• Future direction of UN Police
• Summary
HISTORY OF UN POLICE
NAMIBIA
EAST TIMOR
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CYPRUS
BOSNIA
KOSOVO
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ELECTIONS
EDUCATION
REBUILD
HISTORY OF UN POLICE
• UN Police officers were first deployed in the
1960 to the UN peacekeeping operation in
DRC.
• Since then UNPOL has become essential in
helping war-torn societies restore conditions
conductive to social, economic and political
stability.
• The initial role of UNPOL mission was limited to
observing and reporting.
• The term ‘CIVPOL’ was coined in 1964 in the
context of UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus.
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Cont.
• From the 1960s to late 1980s – CIVPOL deployed
periodically to accompany local police to
patrol, observe and report. The Police
component was part of the military.
• In Oct. 2000 the UN Police Division was set up
as part of DPKO which is mandated to plan and
support the work of UNPOL in the UN
Peacekeeping operations.
• The UNPOL Division is headed by the Chief
Police Adviser (CPA) who is allocated senior
status equal to that of the military adviser.
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Different Types of
Peacekeeping Operations
• Traditional Peacekeeping
• Multidimensional Peacekeeping
• Transitional Authority
Traditional Peacekeeping
• Observation, monitoring and reporting –
using static posts, patrols, over-flights or
other technical means;
• Supervision of ceasefire and support to
verification mechanisms;
• Interposition as a buffer and confidence
building measure.
Multidimensional
Peacekeeping
• Create a secure and stable environment.
• Strengthen the State’s ability to provide
security with respect for Rule of Law and
Human Rights.
• Support political process by promoting
dialogue and reconciliation.
• Support the establishment of legitimate and
effective governance institutions.
• Provide a framework for ensuring UN and
other international actors can work together
in coordinated manner.
Transitional Authority
• An exceptional measure in which the
Security Council authorizes a UN
peacekeeping operation to temporarily
assume the legislative and administrative
functions of the State:
• until sovereignty questions are resolved
or,
• to establish administrative structures that
may not have existed previously.
Status of UN Police in Peacekeeping
Operations
SRSG
Civil
Force
Police
Affairs
Commander
Commissioner
UN POL component in the peacekeeping
mission has the same status as other pillars
of the operation.
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Current Structure of DPKO
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CHARACTERISTICS OF UNPOL
• Multi-National
• Independent Chain of Command
Report to the police commissioner
In some missions, report to the political
adviser or SRSG
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Deployed alongside the local police
Deployed throughout the MA
Non-Executive Mandate
Executive Mandate
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THE ROLE OF UNPOL
• The UNPOL play a very important role in
the peacekeeping missions, particularly
building confidence in the local
communities.
• The duties depend on the mandate.
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MANDATES OF UNPOL
• Executive
• Non-executive
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Strategic Mission of UN Police
Building institutional police capacity through:
• Reforming and Restructuring, Rebuilding and
Strengthening Institutions
• Executive Law Enforcement
• Electoral Assistance
• Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
(Assistance)
• Public Education and Information
• Mentoring and Advising, Training and Skills
Transfer
• Community Based Policing
A strategic mission of UN Police
works for institutional capacity in post-conflict
environment through…..
• Sustainable return of refugees and Internally
Displaced Persons, IDP:s
• Business recovery
• Community trust
• Functioning police
• Framework of rule of law
Formed Police Unit (FPU)
• Public order management
• Protection for UN Personnel and
facilities
• Supporting Police operations that
require a formed response and may
involve a higher risk
• Robust mandate. “All necessary
means”
Public order management
FPU
Principles of Democratic Policing
• Representative Policing
• Responsive Policing
• Accountable Policing
Representative Policing ensures
that:
• Police personnel sufficiently represent the
community they serve
• Minority groups and women are adequately
represented through fair and nondiscriminatory recruitment policies in police
services
• The human rights of all people are protected,
promoted and respected
Responsive Policing ensures that:
• Police are responsive to public needs and
expectations, especially in preventing and
detecting crime and maintaining public order
• Policing objectives are attained both lawfully
and humanely
• Police understand the needs and expectations
of the public they serve
Accountable Policing is achieved
in three ways:
• Legally: police are accountable to the law, as
are all individuals and Institutions in States
• Politically: police are accountable to the public
through the democratic and political
institutions of government, as well as through
police and citizen liaison groups
• Economically: police are accountable for the
way they use resources allocated to them
Summary of key messages
• The core objective of UN Police is to
build sustainable institutional
capacity
• and to promote local ownership
Any Questions ?
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