The role and impact of the Police Peacekeeping Force in the context of United Nations peacekeeping operations: Comparison of Haiti-Kosovo missions

The United Nations (UN) started to implement a number of measures after the spread of crises in different regions around the world and threatening international peace and stability. Despite the fact that it is not clearly mentioned in the UN Treaty, Peacekeeping Operations (PO) has been a frequently applied method, especially since the second half of the 1990s. In our thesis, a detailed analysis will be made by considering the examples of Haiti and Kosovo, which are different from each other in terms of the sources of the conflict, which are among the most recently applied POs. After revealing the conceptual structure of the study, the structure of the UN, the establishment of the POs and the concepts that entered the literature with these operations will be explained. In addition, success criteria to be used to evaluate the success of POs are explained in our study. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) will be examined in detail, and the success of the missions in establishing the capacity of local police forces and their impact on crimes will be compared. The main purpose of the thesis is to determine the role and impact of UN Peacekeeping Operations in peacebuilding in the example of MINUSTAH and UNMIK missions. In this context, the main duties and qualifications of the MINUSTAH and UNMIK missions will be compared and the effect of the personnel selection in the Police Peace Forces on the success of the mission will be examined.