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Coping With Crisis
Private Security
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Conferences - October 24, 2007
Government Contracting of Private Military and Security Companies
IPI convened a retreat last week with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Greentree Foundation to generate recommendations for states contracting private military and security companies. In the wake of the recent scandal around the alleged killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater contractors, it is becoming all too clear how contractor misconduct eventually comes back to hurt whoever is footing the bill. 
About This Project
This project works with UN, state, NGO and industry partners to improve regulation of the international private military and security industry. Between 2006 and 2008, IPI played a key role in the development of the Montreux Document on Private Military and Security Companies. IPI continues to provide policy advice and facilitation to a wide array of policy efforts in the US, UK and at the international level, including efforts to develop an international Code of Conduct for the industry. IPI's recent publication Beyond Market Forces: Regulating the Global Security Industry, has been recognized as a key starting point for future discussion of international regulation.
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