Summary

This report, submitted to the UN General Assembly , examines the provision of military and security products and services in cyberspace by mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security companies and its human rights impacts. The present thematic study aims towards exploring the manifestations and activities of actors who benefit from developing, maintaining and operating cybercapabilities, which might be used in the conduct of hostilities, in conflict and in non-conflict settings. It assesses the impacts that this may have on human rights, including the right of peoples to self-determination, as well as examines the issue of regulating the provision of military and security products and services in cyberspace.