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Explanatory Note to the Draft Charter
One year after the Signatory Conference - update letter from the Swiss Government
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The comment period for the Draft Charter closed on 31st March 2012. Comments were received from nearly 40 organisations or individuals, coming from the full range of stakeholders. We would like to thank all those who took the time to review and provide constructive comment on the Draft Charter. The type of comments received range from those proposing minor editorial changes, to those raising substantive issues that will need to be thought through carefully. This was the purpose of the consultation: to enable feedback and constructive criticism so that the drafters of the Charter can better understand what is needed and acceptable to all stakeholders. The Temporary Steering Committee (TSC) will now consider all of the comments that have been received and make additional changes before re-circulating the document. This is likely to have an impact on the date originally proposed for the Oversight Mechanism to be established (June 2012). A further update on timing will be provided when the revised draft of the Charter Document is circulated.
The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers (ICoC) is a multi-stakeholder initiative convened by the Swiss government. It aims to set private security industry principles and standards based on international human rights and humanitarian law, as well as to improve accountability of the industry by establishing an external independent oversight mechanism. As a minimum, the Code states that the mechanism is to include certification, auditing, monitoring and reporting. A Steering Committee is meeting regularly to develop a proposal for this mechanism. The Steering Committee consists of representatives of three stakeholder groups: signatory companies, governments and civil society, and is consulting widely in its work. By signing the ICoC, signatory companies publicly commit to operate in accordance with the Code and to work with relevant stakeholder to establish this mechanism and related standards by the middle of 2012.
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