The Structure and activities of UN Police Division

The Structure and activities of UN Police Division Chris Sharwood-Smith

HISTORY • • • 1945 – Military dominance 1960 – Deployment to Congo 1989 – End of the Cold War • 1994 – UN Civilian Police Unit • Balkans/establishment of FPUs • 2000 – Police Division established in DPKO • 2005 - CIVPOL becomes UNPOL

HISTORY • 2006 – Standing Police Capacity • 2007 – Police Division incorporated into Office of the Rule of Law & Security Institutions • 2007 – UNAMID • SC authorises the deployment of 6, 432 police officers

ROLE OF POLICE DIVISION § Provides strategic planning and operational support for UNPKOs § Develops policy and guidance on international police peacekeeping § Undertakes selection, recruitment and deployment of qualified staff

Department of Peacekeeping Operations Office of the Under. Secretary-General Executive Office of Operations Office of Military Affairs Current Military Operations Service Africa II Division Peacekeeping Best Practices Section Criminal Law and Judicial Advisory Service Military Planning Service DDR Section Force Generation Service Asia and Middle East Division Policy, Evaluation and Training Division Police Division Africa I Division Europe and Latin America Division Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions Situation Centre Mine Action Service Security Sector Reform Unit Integrated Training Service

UN Police Division Police Adviser Deputy-Police Adviser Mission Management & Support Section Selection & Recruitment Section Standing Police Capacity Strategic Policy & Development Section Team 1 Police Planning Unit Police Policy Unit Police Development Unit Team 2 Team 3

ENGLISH Language FRENCH Language MINURSO Western Sahara 6 (6) UN DPKO Missions UNMIK Kosovo 7 (8) UNFICYP Cyprus 65 (69) Formed Police Units MINUSMA Mali 950 (1440) UNAMA Afghanistan 4 (8) MINUSTAH Haiti 2, 436 (3, 241) UNISFA Abyei 15 (50) UNMIL Liberia 1, 582 (1, 375) T O T A L: 12, 917/14, 880 UNMISS South Sudan 674 (900) ONUCI Côte d’Ivoire 1, 247 (1, 350) MONUSCO D. R. Congo 1, 401 (1, 441) UNAMID Darfur (Sudan) 4, 530 (6, 432)

UN Special Political Missions with Police BINUCA Central Africa Republic 2 (2) ENGLISH Language UNSMIL Libya 1 (15) FRENCH Language PORTUGUESE Language UNAMI Iraq 4 (4) UNIOGBIS Guinea Bissau 15 (16) T O T A L: 30/48 UNIPSIL Sierra Leone 7 (7) BNUB Burundi 1 (1) UNSOM Somalia 0 (3)

Past UN Policing Priorities § Monitoring to verify police performance and impartiality. § Observing to ascertain police strengths and weaknesses. § Reporting to document police infractions.

Modern Policing Mandates § Interim Policing & Law Enforcement § Operational Support § Reform, Restructuring and (Re)Building

Interim Policing & Law Enforcement § Patrolling, confidence-building, arrests, detentions. § On-the-job mentoring, advising, training. § Transition and support.

Operational Support § Public order, crowd control and anti-riot. § Operational mentoring, advising and training. § Protection – UN facilities and personnel.

Reform, Restructuring & (Re)Building § Legislation, systems, procedures, codes, values. § Organization, management, vetting, training. § Basic material, logistics, communications.

UN Police Deployment Trends Formed Police Units Individual Police Officers

UNFORSEEN Growing Complexity of Police Tasks Unforeseen Integrated approach (Ro. L, SSR) Law Enforcement Capacity Building Reform, Restructuring & Rebuilding Reform and Restructuring & Rebuilding Reform Restructuring & Rebuilding Operational Support Operational Support Advisory Support Advisory Support Training and Mentoring Training and Mentoring Interim Law Enforcement Interim Law Enforcement DEVELOPMENT Integrated approach (Ro. L, SSR) EMERGENNCY RESPONSE STABILIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT FPU Humanitarian Assistance/ Protections Humanitarian Assistance/ Protection Humanitarian Assistance/ Protection Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring 1960 -1999 - 2002 - 2010

Current Projects § § Women in Policing Sexual & Gender based violence Formed Police Units Strategic Guidance Framework

Strategic Guidance Framework Monitoring & Evaluation Standardised Training Detailed Job Descriptions Shared Understanding Doctrine-based UN Policing

The Fundamental Questions § § What Is Police Peacekeeping? What Should UNPOL Do? How Should This Be Done? How Are UNPOL Prepared?

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