Security Sector Reform and Transitional Justice in Kosovo: Comparing the Kosovo Security Force and Police Reform Processes

The Nexus Between Security Sector Governance/Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16: An Examination of Conceptual Linkages and Policy Recommendations

“…SSG/R are critical for reforming the judicial and security sectors, the intelligence services, police force, correctional systems, and the military (Dursun-Özkanca & Crossley-Frolick 2012). In postconflict settings, 'Stabilization and reconstruction are inextricably linked to security, governance, law and order, ' making it 'vital that the new security infrastructures are carefully constructed, with special attention devoted to vetting, inter-ethnic balance in recruitment, and democratic oversight of the new security institutions' (Dursun-Özkanca & Crossley-Frolick 2012: 15).…”

“…Building capacity in these sectors ensures the safety of the whole population (Meharg, Arnusch, & Cook Merrill 2010). Moreover, building democratically accountable and professional security forces is not only a critical component of peacebuilding efforts in post-conflict societies but also a key endeavor of SSG/R elsewhere (Dursun-Özkanca 2017;Dursun-Özkanca & Crossley-Frolick 2012). A holistic approach would significantly benefit SSR implementation (Dursun-Özkanca & Vandemoortele 2012), and human security would effectively contribute to it by using its comparative advantages of the comprehensive and multidimensional approach.…”

“…Then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan referred to the concept in his report on exit strategies in UN peacekeeping missions the same year (UNSG 2001). Since then, the inclusion of local stakeholders, including government institutions, civil society organizations, and the wider public and local communities in the SSR processes emerged as a vital aspect in the evaluation of the success of SSR missions (Baker 2010;Ball 2010;Caparini 2010;Donais 2008;Dursun-Özkanca 2018;Dursun-Özkanca & Crossley-Frolick 2012;Dursun-Özkanca & Vandemoortele 2012;Nathan 2007;Simons 2012;Tholens 2012;Vandemoortele 2012). It is important for the missions to have people's support, inclusivity, representativeness, and legitimacy to ensure sustainability, local ownership, and successful SSR implementation (Dursun-Özkanca & Vandemoortele 2012;Hansen 2008;Law 2006;Nathan 2007;Schnabel 2012).…”

The European Union and Security Sector Reform: current practices and challenges of implementation

“…The long-winded road towards police reform in Bosnia and the failure to promote community policing mechanisms in Georgia are examples of the difficulties of SSR in the region (Damian and Vetschera 2006;Muehlmann 2007Muehlmann , 2008. Others have argued that reforms had been more or less efficient, such as in Kosovo, but have not produced fully democratic forces (Crossley-Frolick and Dursun-Ozkanca 2012).…”

Literature Review

“…SSR is a relatively novel and evolving concept that originally emerged out of scholarship on civilmilitary relations (CMR) (Bruneau & Matei 2008;Chuter 2006;Crossley-Frolick & Dursun-Özkanca 2012;Edmunds 2007). As noted above, it was first coined by Short (Sedra 2010), who first proposed that security and sustainable development are inextricably linked (Dursun-Özkanca & Vandemoortele 2012).…”