RES/28/7 Renewal of the mandate of the open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies
Document Type: Final Resolution
Date: 2015 Apr
Session: 28th Regular Session (2015 Mar)
Agenda Item: Item3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Topic: Armed Conflict
- Main sponsors56
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Algeria
Cuba
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Eswatini
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
- Co-sponsors2
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- In Favour
Algeria
Argentina
Bangladesh
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Botswana
Brazil
China
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Maldives
Mexico
Morocco
Namibia
Nigeria
Pakistan
Paraguay
Qatar
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
South Africa
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
- Abstaining
Kazakhstan
United States
GE.15-07253 (E)
Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
28/7. Renewal of the mandate of the open-ended intergovernmental
working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an
international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and
oversight of the activities of private military and security companies
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, and Human
Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Council, and 5/2, on the Code
of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders, of 18 June 2007,
Recalling also all previous resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the
Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the use of mercenaries as
a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-
determination,
Recalling further its resolution 15/26 of 1 October 2010 establishing the open-ended
intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international
regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of
private military and security companies,
Bearing in mind that the open-ended intergovernmental working group will present
its recommendations to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session,
1. Decides to extend the mandate of the open-ended intergovernmental working
group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on
the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security
companies for a further period of two and a half years in order for it to undertake and fulfil
its mandate, as contained in Human Rights Council resolution 22/33 of 22 March 2013;
2. Affirms the importance of providing the open-ended intergovernmental
working group with the expertise and expert advice necessary to fulfil its mandate, and in
this context decides that the working group shall invite experts and all relevant stakeholders
to participate in its work, including members of the Working Group on the use of
mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the right of peoples to self-
determination;
3. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to provide the open-ended intergovernmental working group with all the
financial and human resources necessary for the fulfilment of its mandate.
55th meeting
26 March 2015
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 32 to 13, with 2 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana,
Brazil, China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic
of), Viet Nam
Against:
Albania, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Montenegro,
Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Korea, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Abstaining:
Kazakhstan, United States of America]