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Transparency and oversight needed for security arrangements in extractive industries

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Human rights abuses by private security actors working for extractive companies, including private military and security companies need firmer accountability and oversight by States, said Chris Kwaja, chairperson of the Working Group on the use of Mercenaries. Kwaja presented the Working Group’s report during the Human Rights Council.

A/74/244: Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination - Note by the Secretary-General - Report 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: the gendered human rights impacts of private military and security companies

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Summary In this report, the Working Group shines a gender-sensitive light on private military and security companies, to unpack associated gendered human rights risks and impacts and identify key...

A/HRC/42/42: Relationship between private military and security companies and the extractive industry from a human rights perspective - Report 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

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Summary The extractive industry constitutes an important client base for PMSCs and has been associated with allegations of serious human rights abuses and violations for many years. The exploitation...

1st session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group to elaborate the content of an international regulatory framework, without prejudging the nature thereof, relating to the activities of private military and security companies

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Address by Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 20 May 2019 Excellencies, Distinguished representatives, Ladies and gentlemen, It is my privilege hereby...