Summary
Currently, United Nations Civilian Police (CIVPOL) participates in 13 different missions around the globe. Following the end of hostilities in 1999 between Serbian Security Forces and the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army in the former Serbian autonomous province of Kosovo, CIVPOL, have played an invaluable role in the reconstruction of law and order in Kosovo. Unfortunately, these CIVPOL have unwittingly destabilized this fragile, post-conflict environment. Entrusted to bring law and order to an extremely complex and often violent post-conflict environment, CIVPOL work without any standard organizational policing philosophy to guide their efforts. As a result, no common approach to conflict resolution exists when dealing with the population of Kosovo, increasing the incidence of conflicts between the CIVPOL and the population they serve. This research project studies the aforementioned phenomenon with an aim to create an awareness of the shortcomings of the CIVPOL within the United Nations Mission in Kosovo.