International Involvement in Restructuring and Creating Security Forces

The Case of Haiti

Bibliographic Data

ID12258292
AuthorsEirin Mobekk (corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume12
Issue3
Pages97-114
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSmall Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/714005396
OpenAlexW2032047434
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This article analyzes the abolition of the Armed Forces of Haiti (FAd'H) and the creation of a new police force after the intervention in Haiti by the international community in 1994. It establishes the Haitian perspective on the consequences of restructing of the security forces, and it argues that the dissolution of the FAd'H was the only factor, which was seen as an unmitigated success by Haitians. The article concludes that ignoring the problems of reintegration of the demobilized soldiers exacerbated insecurity, that the interim police was a failure, and the manner in which the new police was created led to a situation where the police force was distrusted by all layers of society, and became a part of the problem it was there to rectify

Interim · International law · Intervention (counseling · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Security council · Security forces · Sociology · Use of force · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Maritime Security and History · Peacebuilding and International Security

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