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The Criminal Law and Judicial Advisory Service (CLJAS) promotes the rule of law by ad­dressing issues related to justice and correctional systems in conflict and post-conflict environments. CLJAS supports colleagues in justice and correction components in peace operations by providing technical advice and assistance, delivering training, producing policy and guidance material and assisting with recruitment and budgetary matters.

Justice and corrections components currently exist in eight DPKO-led peacekeeping operations, in the Central African Republic, Darfur (Sudan), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Kosovo, Liberia, Mali and South Sudan. Justice and corrections support is also provided by Special Political Missions (SPMs) led by the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) in Afghanistan, Guinea-Bissau, Libya and Somalia.

To strengthen the effectiveness of justice and corrections endeavours in missions, CLJAS proposes to convene a meeting of the heads of all justice and corrections components of peace operations from 15-17 June 2016. The last Heads of Components Meeting (HCM) took place in April 2014. That meeting, which was supported by the German Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) and the Swedish Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), provided an opportunity for engagement with Member States, senior United Nations leadership, colleagues from across the United Nations system and external partners, including the European Union and the World Bank. In exchanges with senior United Nations leadership, the need for focused engagement on rule of law issues by mission leadership was recognized as essential. The importance of increasing efforts to place rule of law issues at the forefront of political messaging, given its critical contribution to securing peace and stability, was also agreed upon. 

UN DPKO’s Criminal Law and Judiciary Advice Service (CLJAS) is keen to develop an online course on the provision of Justice Support in post-conflict and fragile environments. Currently, CLJAS conducts several face-to-face trainings on the subject. It is hoped that the online course will be a cost-effective manner to reach out to a broader audience, while also promoting a common understanding on UN Justice Support.

The Centre of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU) will host the fourth annual meeting of the  European Association for Peace Operations Training  Centres (EAPTC) from 3-4 May in Vicenza, Italy. The meeting will bring together EAPTC members and partners in a bid to discuss latest trends and developments in peace operations trainings and share information on ongoing activities.

DCAF-ISSAT has been a founding member of the European Association for Peace Operations Training Centres (EAPTC). Since, it has been a regular contributor to the EAPTC Annual Meetings. In 2014 DCAF-ISSAT organised the EAPTC Annual Meeting in Stans, Switzerland.  The 2016 meeting will provide the opportunity to interact with like-minded institutions, explore potential partnership and showcase DCAF-ISSAT products and services. 

In his implementation report, and following the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO) report of 2015, the UN Secretary-General “instructed the Police Division to undertake an external review of functions, structure and capacity, and to present results in my forthcoming report on UN policing.”

The independent review of the Police Division should focus on the Headquarters functions needed to implement the SGF, as well as departmental priorities, and, on that basis, assess how the Police Division should be structured and staffed in order to deliver those functions.

DPKO is requesting ISSAT to participate in and provide secretariat support to the work of the panel undertaking the independent review.

In his implementation report, and following the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO) report of 2015, the UN Secretary-General “instructed the Police Division to undertake an external review of functions, structure and capacity, and to present results in my forthcoming report on UN policing.”

The independent review of the Police Division should focus on the Headquarters functions needed to implement the SGF, as well as departmental priorities, and, on that basis, assess how the Police Division should be structured and staffed in order to deliver those functions.

DPKO is requesting ISSAT to participate in and provide secretariat support to the work of the panel undertaking the independent review.