text: Stability Operations Considerations in Counterinsurgency
  Support Judicial Reform
  7-16. The reform of judicial bodies is integral to rule of law and provides the necessary framework
  for broader security sector reform. The support provided to judicial institutions parallels efforts with police
  and security forces to enhance the state’s capability to maintain civil control and security. Under most
  circumstances, other agencies organizations typically support the development of the judicial branch
  of government. In a failed state, however, military forces may initially perform these functions until they
  can be transitioned to an appropriate civilian agency or organization. Essential tasks may include—
  • Identify Host Nation legal professionals.
  • Educate criminal justice personnel on interim legal codes and international human rights
  standards.
  • Inventory and assess courts, law schools, legal libraries, and bar associations.
  • Deploy judicial advisors and liaisons.
  • Rehabilitate or construct necessary facilities.
  • Support vetting of Host Nation legal professionals.
  Support Property Dispute Resolution
  7-17. A vital service of the judiciary branch is to resolve property disputes. One of the causes of an
  insurgency might be old disputes over ownership and control of property. Authorities must implement
  dispute resolution mechanisms. This prevents the escalation of violence that can occur in the absence
  of law order as people seek resolution on their own terms. Typically, the military’s role in resolving
  disputes is limited to transitional military authority where these mechanisms are implemented in the
  absence of a functioning Host Nation government. Essential tasks may include an initial response in which
  military forces—
  • Implement mechanisms to prevent unauthorized occupation or seizure of property.
  • Publicize dispute resolution process.
  • Coordinate dispute resolution process to deter violence and retribution.
  Support Corrections Reform
  7-18. When the goal in COIN is to criminalize the insurgency and prosecute insurgents in the HN court
  system, corrections reform is an integral component of broader security sector reform. Corrections reform
  tasks focus on building HN capacity in the penal system, restoring the institutional infrastructure,
  and providing oversight of the incarceration process. Tasks also include a comprehensive assessment of the
  prisoner population to help reintegrate political prisoners and others unjustly detained or held without due
  process. Essential tasks may include—
  • Identify and register all detention, correction, or rehabilitative facilities.
  • Preserve and secure penal administrative records and reports.
  • Inventory and assess prison populations and conditions.
  • Implement humanitarian standards in prisons.
  • Provide emergency detention facilities.
  • Vet corrections personnel.
  • Deploy penal trainers and advisors.
  • Refurbish prison facilities at key sites.
  • Coordinate jurisdiction and handover.
  • Facilitate international monitoring.
  • Rebuild corrections institutions.
  • Train and advise corrections personnel to internationally accepted standards.
  • Develop reconciliation, parole, and reintegration mechanisms.