I got the latest email EUPOL COPPS Newsletter - October 2021, it says "The Mission continued delivering on its mandate and the advisers from Police and the Rule of Law Section pursued their efforts with the Palestinian counterparts."
I once covered the EUPOL COPPS years ago, but I wonder, considering this "rule of law" mission aspect, it seems to me the PA has become more authoritarian over the years, so...see for instance, jpost.com/middle-east/pa…
I mean the idea was that western governments will invest large sums, the US for instance supported the security forces, USSC ("Dayton's army") to prevent Hamas takeover in 2006 etc...while EU was into the police, law and court system...
In a purely tactical mission the US one did prevent Hamas takeover and helped train units (I know some people who did it)...the EU mission certainly did lots of things...but one wonders in terms of checks and balances...the fact that activists can be abused, killed, threatened
It would appear to me that this is not "rule of law" and maybe one could argue that actually the mission has not succeeded or even provided support for abuses in a roundabout way by ignoring this issue?
If you want to read my 2011 piece on the EUPOL COPPS, check it out here; jpost.com/magazine/featu…
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