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.

The report by Ieva Miluna is available here.

New working papers have been published including:

WP 2009/16 Francesco Francioni and Federico Lenzerini, The Role of Human Rights in the Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies, General Report-Universal and Regional Systems: Latin-America, Africa and Asia

WP 2009/29 Sorcha MacLeod, with contributions from Scarlett McArdle, International Initiatives for Holding Corporations to Account and their Viability with regard to PSMCs

WP2010/1 Federico Lenzerini, The Interface of Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law in the Regulation of private Military and Security Companies

WP2010/2 Lucas Lixinski, Legal Implications of the Privatization of Cyber Warfare

Reports of the PRIV-WAR meetings and workshops are available here.

The PRIV-WAR consortium has published new working papers at the Academy of European Law WP collection. As usual, they are also available here. This page will be continuously updated, so please check routinely.

Two new reports on the situation in South Africa and Colombia have been uploaded here.

19 national reports have been produced during the first period of the project following in-dept research on the domestic legislation and case-law of EU contries and the most relevant States in the world.

Ottavio Quirico finalised a working paper on National Regulatory Models for PMSCs and Implications for Future International Regulation, based on the information provided by the reports.

Priv-War working papers are now available at the Academy of European Law WP collection and also here.

New reports on the situation in Canada, Spain and EU have been uploaded here.

This page will be continuously updated, so please check routinely.