The Role and Functions of the Civilian Police in the United Nations Peace-keeping Operations: Debriefing and Lessons : Report and Recommendations of the International Conference, Singapore, December 1995Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore) This is the second book based on a series of conferences, held under the auspices of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) of Singapore, on various aspects of UN peace-keeping operations. This new book covers the 1995 conference, which dealt with the role and functions of civilian police, and brought together nine of the eleven police commissioners involved in past and present UN peace-keeping operations, as well as heads of national police, policy makers, UN staff, lawyers and academics. The book is divided into two segments: the Executive Summary, followed by the papers presented. The Executive Summary, a concise and frank synthesis of debates, is divided into five parts as follows: Part 1 provides an overall introduction to the current problems and the general background within which civilian police components of UN peace-keeping operations are required to function; Part II presents an outline of the common problems and challenges faced by many police commissioners in the conduct of their mandates; Part III highlights some of the key attributes and functions of civilian police, notably in the areas of institution building, human rights monitoring and community policing; Part IV reviews existing training at national, regional and international levels; and Part V offers general recommendations. |
Contents
police and peacekeeping | 19 |
3 | 26 |
5 | 33 |
6 | 39 |
8 | 53 |
9 | 59 |
verification missions | 83 |
Muhammad Anwarul Iqbal | 93 |
Civil police in former Yugoslavia UNPROFOR | 119 |
observations | 135 |
Training local police forces to take over from the UN police | 153 |
Training Unit of the Department for PeaceKeeping | 169 |
Presentation of UNIDIRs activities | 177 |
Justice package planning for peacekeepers | 193 |
UN police monitors course plan 1995 | 215 |
List of participants | 233 |
Common terms and phrases
academy activities Angola armed forces assistance authority basic Cambodia civil civilian police civilian police component CIVPOL component CIVPOL officers CIVPOL operations command communal police conduct conference conflict contingents contributed cooperation coordination countries course criminal debriefing deployed deployment Director DPKO El Salvador elections electoral ensure established experience FMLN former Yugoslavia functions headquarters human rights ICITAP institutions investigation involved justice package lack law and order law enforcement lessons lice logistical mandate military MINUGUA MINURSO mission area Mozambique Namibia National Police ONUMOZ ONUSAL organizations participants Peace Accords peace-keeping missions peace-keeping operations planning Police Adviser Police Commissioner police force police monitors police observers police officers political preparation problems public security role rule of law Salvador Secretary-General Singapore Singapore Police Force situation Somalia standards SWAPOL tasks tion UNAMIR UNAVEM UNAVEM II UNITA United Nations UNOSOM UNPROFOR UNTAC UNTAG police verification