Geneva (ICRC) – State experts representing 17 countries have agreed on a new set of recommendations to enhance State control over private military and security companies.

Geneva (ICRC) – Private military and security companies operating in a country affected by armed conflict do not work in a law-free environment. At a three-day meeting in Montreux, Switzerland, which ended on 16 April, experts from 18 countries agreed that States and also companies and their employees have clear obligations under international humanitarian law when engaged in situations marked by armed conflict.

Geneva (ICRC) – The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr Olivier Vodoz, and the commander of the Swiss armed forces, Lt-Gen Christophe Keckeis, are opening a workshop on international humanitarian law in Geneva today.