Bosnia and Herzegovina-Community policing in a changing world

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Bosnia and Herzegovina-Community policing in a
changing world

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

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1991 Desintegration of the Federal Repulic of
YugoslaviaApril 1992 Civil War Broke out in
BiHDecember 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, Ohio,
USA
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Subject of presentation

• reconstruction of BiH police force by the
  international community
• civil control of the BiH police force
• Collaboration of citizens and the police in the
  field of crime suppression

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Reconstruction of BiH Police

• UN Security Council Resolution 1035 (December 21,
  1995) articulated the mandate for the
  International Police Task Force (IPTF).
• According to the International Crisis groups
  report IPTF Report 1996. claimed that were more
  then 54,000 police personnel most of whom were
  trained as soldiers only.

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IPTF developed a three-point plan, which was
concentrated on

• Restructuring a post-communist and
  post-paramilitary police force.
• Reforming the police through training, selection,
  certification and de-certification procedures
• Democratizing the police forces by establishing a
  de-politicized, impartial, accountable,
  multi-ethnic police force, that abides by the
  principles of community policing

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UNMIBH ACHIEVEMENTS Dec 1995 Dec 2002

• Police (Personnel) Reform
• Police (Organizational) Restructuring
• Police and Criminal Justice Cooperation
• BiH Participation in UN Peacekeeping

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European Union Police Mission to Bosnia and
Herzegovina

• On January 1, 2003 the European Union Police
  Mission (EUPM), replaced the UN's International
  Police Task Force (IPTF).
• The mission carries out the supervision and
  training of Bosnian police forces in
  investigationon of terrorism, corruption,
  organized crime, drugs and human trafficking.

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Role of parliament in control of the police
force 

• Effective parliamentary control represents the
  pillar of democracy in preventing autocratic rule
• One of the most important controlling mechanisms
  of the executives is the budget
• Parliament creates legal parameters for security
  issues
• Represents the bridge to the public
• BiH situation-lack of experiance in civil control
  of security sector

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The role of Civil Society in civil control of the
police

• academics institutions, think thanks, human
  rights NGOs and policy focused issue NGOs, can
  actively strive to influence decisions and
  policies with regard to the security sector.