Note by the Secretariat

The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report 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 on its sixth session, submitted pursuant to Council resolutions 15/26 and 28/7. The Council, in its resolutions 15/26, 22/33 and 28/7, established and extended until September 2017 the mandate of the open-ended intergovernmental working group. At the end of its sixth session, held from 22 to 24 May 2017, the open-ended intergovernmental working group adopted its conclusions and recommendations, which are contained in section V of the report, for the consideration of the Council at its thirty-sixth session.