The topic of the next workshop is “the Public-Private Interface in the Management of PMSCs”.  Organised by the research Unit coordinated by Prof. Marauhn at the Justus Liebig University of Giessen, it will be held at the Harnack-Haus of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, on 21 May 2010. Further details are available here.

An Addendum to the April 2009 report on existing European Union legislation with respect to private military and security services has been published here.

On 1 December 2009, the Lisbon Treaty amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community entered into force. This Addendum briefly discusses the most important changes in the institutional structure of the EU concerning the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in connection with the topic of regulating private military and security (PMS) services at the EU level, and provides a brief update of relevant regulations at the EU level since the April 2009 report.