Press Release: International Coalition and the Drafting Process of the International Code of Conduct (ICoC)
The Drafting process of the International Code of Conduct From February 19th to 22nd 2013, National Governments, Private Military & Security Companies and Civil Society Organizations will meet in Montreux (Switzerland) to advance the drafting of the International Code of Conduct (ICoC) for Private Security Providers’ document. The International Coalition to Control PMSC will participate...
Civil Society Statement on the Articles of Association of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers
Civil Society Statement on the Articles of Association of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers From February 19th to 22nd 2013, National Governments, Private Military & Security Companies and Civil Society Organizations will meet in Montreux (Switzerland) to advance the drafting of the International Code of Conduct (ICoC) for Private Security...
Private war is still ongoing in Iraq!
It’s not the first time that a convoy of armed persons working for Private Security Companies (PMSCs) is attacked in the streets of Baghdad , but this time it looks like that we are talking about a turn in the story of the “Private War” in Iraq . The Private War that was brought by...
Control Private Military and Security Companies
Control Private Military and Security Companies A New Global Civil Society Campaign PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: 29/08/2012 Statement about the contribution of the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative to the second session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight...
Regulation and control of private military and security companies
ICSSI is supporting a new campaign, for the regulation and control of private military contractors, who are responsible for terrible human rights violations in Iraq and elsewhere. This week, members of the ICSSI are taking a lead in bringing a declaration in support of an international convention on the Regulation, Surveillance and Monitoring of private...
What Justice for Iraqi Victims of Private Military and Security Companies?
The ICSSI Takes Action! The last ten years have seen a dramatic increase in the use of private military and security companies [PMSCs] in places of armed conflict, especially by the United States and the United Kingdom. These private companies have been implicated in illegal use of force, the killing of civilians, torture, sexual assault,...
