Guidelines on United Nations Police Support to the Provision of Security in Electoral Processes

Abstract

Supporting host-state authorities in organising national and local elections is a recurring and central responsibility of DPKO- and DPA-led mission and its police components are commonly tasked to assist host-state police and other law enforcement agencies in providing security in electoral processes. The purpose of these guidelines is to describe the guiding principles for UN Police support to the provision of security in electoral processes and the steps UN Police should take in planning, coordinating and delivering their support. It also sets out good practices to guide UN Police in supporting host-state police and other law enforcement agencies. This guideline applies to relevant personnel of police components of DPKO- and DPA-led missions, and to all personnel at both the mission and Headquarters levels who are involved in planning, overseeing and implementing the work of police components.

Aider les autorités de l’État hôte à organiser des élections nationales et locales fait partie des tâches récurrentes et cruciales des missions dirigées par le Département des opérations de maintien de la paix (DOMP) et le Département de l’appui aux missions (DAM), et les composantes police de ces missions sont fréquemment chargées d’aider la police et les autres services chargés de l’application des lois de l’État hôte à assurer la sécurisation des processus électoraux.