Challenges of the police component Senior Leadership Programme

Challenges of the police component Senior Leadership Programme Commissioner Luís Carrilho, Police Adviser 11 December 2018

At a glance Modalities Formed Police Units Individual Police Officers Specialized Police Teams Civilian Experts

The vision “A transformed United Nations police that is people-centered, modern, agile, mobile and flexible, specialized, rightsbased and norm-driven. ” Report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/952)

The mission of the United Nations police is to enhance international peace and security by supporting Member States in conflict, postconflict and other crisis situations to realize effective, efficient, representative, responsive and accountable police services that serve and protect the population (S/2016/952).

Definition & Mandate • To build and support, or, where mandated, act as a substitute or partial substitute for, host-State police capacity to prevent and detect crime, protect life and property and maintain public order and safety in adherence to the rule of law and international human rights law. • To pursue community-oriented and intelligence-led policing approaches to contribute to the protection of civilians and human rights; address, among other things, sexual and gender-based violence, conflict-related sexual violence and serious and organized crime; and conduct investigations, special operations and electoral security.

The what and the how

Core HQ responsibilities The Police Division supports UN police components in the implementation of mandated tasks through the: • Planning for the deployment of UN police • Selection, recruitment, deployment and rotation of UN police • Analysis and development of policy and guidance on international police peacekeeping • Provision of operational support, strategic advice and guidance • Advocacy with Member States, coordination, partnership building and consolidation and strategic communications.

Central to reform efforts 1. SG vision for conflict prevention, peace sustainment and gender equality 2. A 4 P Declaration of Joint Commitments 3. Improving the Security of United Nations Peacekeepers Report (Dos Santos Cruz report) 4. Comprehensive Reviews of Peacekeeping Operations

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Strategic generation

Performance 1. Have the deployed police personnel the requisite support, skills, capabilities & capacities to undertake mandated tasks? 2. Are the tasks undertaken in line with the relevant mandate and are they effective in achieving the mandate? 3. Are the tasks are implemented in compliance with the Strategic Guidance Framework for International Police Peacekeeping (SGF), the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy (HRDDP) and other relevant policy and guidance? 4. Does their work impact the protection of civilians and safety and security of peacekeepers?

Performance: normative basis • The Strategic Guidance Framework for International Police Peacekeeping, consisting of a policy, four guidelines and several manuals; • The revised FPU Policy (Ref 2016. 10); • The FPU Assessment Operational Readiness SOP (FPAT); • The IPO Assessment of Operational Readiness SOP (SAAT); and • The forthcoming FPU evaluation tool and interim SOP

Performance: gender Gender-responsive policing integrates the principle of gender equality and women, peace and security mandates into all aspects of United Nations police activities, including the prevention, detection and investigation of crime, protection of persons and property, and maintenance of public order and safety.

Performance: leadership 1. Senior Police Leadership Roster 2. United Nations Police Commanders’ Course 3. Female senior police command development courses Mindset, capability, integrity

Performance: predeployment readiness • Regular deployment of United Nations Formed Police Unit (FPU) and Individual Police Officer(IPO) Assessment Team (FPATs and SAATs) • Regular workshops United Nations workshops to certify FPU and IPO pre-selection assessment instructors • United Nations Police Commanders’ Course that builds on the norms set out in the SGF

Performance: in-mission reviews 1. Police capability studies & reviews of the Office for Peacekeeping Strategic Partnership (OPSP) 2. Police mandate implementation plans 3. Monthly and quarterly inspections of FPUs and performance evaluations of IPOs

Transitions 1. There can be no peace without respect for the rule of law and human rights. 2. Societies where the rule of law is well established are less likely to collapse into conflict. 3. Building on SDG 16, a reformed police service is crucial for peacefully managing and transforming conflict, dealing with societal grievances and fostering sustainable development. 4. By supporting host-State police and other law enforcement services in reforming their institutions. 5. Together with their justice and corrections or GFP partners, United Nations police are essential to the establishment or resumption of relevant host-State services and responsibilities.

“You support the United Nations across the peace continuum — from prevention and conflict resolution to police reform and peacekeeping operations. You are also crucial to transitions from peacekeeping to peacebuilding and development, facilitating exit strategies and building capacity in rule of law among host Governments. ” UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to Heads of

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