CORE BUSINESS OF UN POLICEAND 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

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HISTORY OF UN POLICE

BOSNIACYPRUSNAMIBIA

KOSOVOEAST TIMOR

ELECTIONS

EDUCATION

REBUILD

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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.

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.

MultidimensionalPeacekeeping

• 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.

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S R S GS R S G

CivilCivil

AffairsAffairs

Police Police

CommissioCommissionerner

Status of UN Police in Peacekeeping Operations

UN POL component in the peacekeeping mission has the same status as other

pillars of the operation.

Force Force

CommandCommanderer

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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 commissionerIn some missions, report to the political

adviser or SRSG

• 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

Strategic Mission of UN PoliceBuilding 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 Policeworks 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 managementFPU

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 non-discriminatory 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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