Fourth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies
Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 22/33, the fourth session of the working group was held from 27 April to 1 May 2015, in Room XIX of the Palais des Nations (Geneva).
Participants
The working group is open-ended. This means that all UN Member and Observer States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC consultative status may attend public meetings of the working group.
Member States and participants are kindly invited to share orally and/or in writing (by email to mwiener@ohchr.org) any updates on relevant legislation, initiatives and other measures taken concerning the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies.
Accreditation
States, organizations and NGOs wishing to accredit representatives to the fourth session of the working group are invited to complete the registration form and send it together with their signed request for accreditation either by email (malban@ohchr.org), by fax on +41 22 928 90 14 or by mail to UNOG-OHCHR, CH-1211 Geneva 10.
Registration prior to the session will ensure that a badge will be available on 24 April 2015 at the Security Identification Section located at main entrance to the Palais des Nations, Gate Pregny (opposite the building of the International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC), Avenue de la Paix, 1211, Geneva. The accreditation office is open from 8:00 to 17:00.
Documentation
| Pre-session documents | |
|---|---|
| Provisional agenda | EnglishFrançaisEspañol中文العربيةрусский |
| Draft programme of work | English only |
Summary of the third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies | EnglishFrançaisEspañol中文العربيةрусский |
| In-session documents | |
| Concept Note submitted by the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination | English only |
| Statement of the Chair of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination | English only |
| Statement on behalf of the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights | English only |
| Statement by Pakistan | English only |
| Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran | English only |
| Statement by South Africa | English only |
| Statement by Norway | English only |
| Statement by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | English only |
| Statement by Switzerland | Français only |
| Statement by the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers’ Association | English only |
| Statement by China | 中文 only |
| Statement by Brazil | English only |
| Statement by Cuba | Español only |
| Statement by Mexico | Español only |
| Statement of Mr. Paul Gibson, Director of SCEG | English only |
| Statement by Mr. Stuart Casey-Maslen, Senior researcher in international law at the University of Pretoria | English only |
| UN Security Management System Policy on Armed Private Security Companies | English only |
| UN Guidelines on the Use of Armed Security Services from Private Security Companies | English only |
| Concluding remarks by the European Union | English only |
| Concluding remarks by the African Group | Français only |
| Concluding remarks by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies | English only |
| Post-session documents | |
| Statement to the Human Rights Council on 17 September 2015, by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies | English only |
| Report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies on its fourth session | EnglishFrançaisEspañol中文العربيةрусский |