Presents an overview of the Working Group's activities during 2009, summarizing its missions to Afghanistan and the United States of America and of its regional consultations held in Asia, Africa and Europe; describes progress achieved by the Working Group towards the elaboration of a possible new draft convention on private military and security companies, summarizing the core rationale for the Working Group's proposals on the adoption of a new legal instrument on private military and security companies, its scope of application and its content; provides a summary of the consultation process and the comments received from Member States and non-governmental entities on the proposed convention; recommends Member States to carefully consider the present draft proposal for a possible new international legal instrument regulating private military and security companies and the Human Rights Council to establish an intergovernmental open-ended Working Group with the task of drafting a new convention taking into account the initial work carried out by the Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries.

Convention on Private Military and Security Companies (Draft)

43 p.

"Annex: Draft of a possible Convention on Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) for consideration and action by the Human Rights Council": p. 17-43.
Includes bibliographical references.