Sécurité et reconstruction d’après-guerre : l’action policière et militaire internationale
Security sector reform is central to post conflict reconstruction and the restoration of rule of law. Often initiated by international actors, these reforms are essential to social and economic development in societies coming out of conflicts. The primary objective of this thesis is to determine whether international police and military coordination has an impact on security sector reform’s success in United Nations peace operations. The main hypothesis follows: police-military coordination in peace operations, supported by cooperation between police and military offices inside the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), fosters security sector reform success. It is the United Nations bureaucratic culture that influences the level and the quality of cooperation between police and military agencies inside the DPKO. This will be tested through a qualitative analysis of security sector reform programs implemented by the United Nations in Haiti, from 1993 to 1997 and 2004 to nowadays. The quality of coordination between police and military on the ground depends more on internal factors to the mission than on initiatives fostered by UN headquarters. Furthermore, police-military coordination fosters some aspects of security sector reform, like the professionalization of local police and security restoration.
coordination Security sector reform coordination police military Department of Peace Keeping Operations Haiti United Nations bureaucratic culture