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Annual Report 2006
Annex A - Chair of the Commission
Mr. Peter A. Tinsley was appointed Chair of the Military Police Complaints Commission on December 12, 2005.
Mr. Tinsley is a graduate of McMaster University and the University of Windsor Law School. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and is thereby licensed to practice law in his native province of Ontario.
Prior to his appointment as Chair of the Complaints Commission, Mr. Tinsley was serving as one of four International Prosecutors appointed by the High Representative in the newly created Special War Crimes Department of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previously, from August 2003 until July 2004, Mr. Tinsley was appointed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General to serve with the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo as the International Prosecutor in the Mitrovica District. Also, as part of the ongoing efforts to rebuild the justice system in Kosovo, he served as the Chair of the Kosovo Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, an independent body of nationals and internationals responsible for the recruitment and disciplining of new judges and prosecutors.
Prior to his work in Europe, Mr. Tinsley served as the Director of Ontario's Special Investigations Unit. This independent civilian oversight agency was established in 1990 to investigate incidents involving the police resulting in death or serious injury, including sexual assault, and to lay criminal charges where warranted. Mr. Tinsley's specific mandate was to reform and rebuild this historically controversial agency to fulfill its intended role as a mechanism for community confidence. Mr. Tinsley also had a 28-year career in the Canadian Forces, serving in Canada and overseas as a member of the military police and later, as a lawyer. In the latter capacity, he performed a lead role in the prosecution of Canadian Forces members in regards to acts committed in Somalia.
