Sixth 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 28/7, the sixth session of the working group will be held from 22 to 24 May 2017, 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.
Accreditation
States, organizations and NGOs wishing to accredit representatives to the sixth 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 ([email protected]) / ([email protected]) or by mail (to UNOG-OHCHR, CH-1211 Geneva 10).
Registration prior to the session will ensure that a badge will be available 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 (A/HRC/WG.10/6/1) | EnglishFrançaisEspañol中文العربيةрусский |
| Draft programme of work | English only |
| Note verbale on the informal open-ended working consultations among Member States on 15 May 2017 | English only |
| Compilation of recommendations from five sessions of the IGWG PMSCs | English only |
| Discussion document: Elements for an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies | English only |
| In session documents | |
| Opening remarks by Mr. Ibrahim Salama, Chief, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR | English only |
| Opening statement by Ambassador Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the intergovernmental working group | English only |
| Statement by Cercle de recherche sur les droits et les devoirs de la personne humaine | English only |
| Statement by the European Union | English only |
| Post-session document | |
| 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 sixth session | EnglishFrançaisEspañol中文العربيةрусский |