UN and EU efforts in the implementation of police reform in Bosnia: main focus areas (1995 – 2012)
| Actors/Timeline | Main focus areas |
|---|---|
| UN (1995–2002) | - Certification of police officers - Accreditation of police agencies - Raising the accountability of the police (2 years) - Political link: recourse to the ‘Bonn powers’ of the High Representative |
| EU (2003–2012) | - Fighting organised crime and corruption - Police restructuring: redesigning the structure of the police for the whole country - Police reform: legal approximation and capacity-building - Raising the accountability of the police (9 years) - Political link: ‘EU conditionality’: police reform as a pre-condition for EU accession |