International Oversight and Monitoring

 

• Committee on the Regulation, Oversight and Monitoring of PMSCs

- For the purpose of reviewing the application of the present Convention, there shall be established a Committee on the Regulation, Oversight and Monitoring of PMSCs. (Art.29)

 

§ International Register of PMSCs

- States Parties request the Committee to establish and maintain an International Register of PMSCs operating on the international market, based on information provided by States parties.

- Each State Party shall provide annually for the Register data on imports and exports of military and security services of PMSCs and standardized information on PMSCs registered in and licensed by the State Party. (Art.30)

 

§ Reports by State parties

- Each State Party undertakes to submit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for consideration by the Committee, a report on the legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures which they have adopted and which give effect to the provisions of this Convention. (Art. 31)

 

§ Inquiry Procedure

- If the Committee receives reliable information indicating grave or systematic violations of the provisions set forth in this Convention, the Committee shall invite the State where the offenses have been reported to have occurred and/or the State of registration of the PMSC reportedly involved in such offenses to co-operate in the examination of the information and to this end to submit observations with regard to the information concerned.

- Taking into account any observations which may have been submitted by the State(s) concerned as well as any other relevant information available to it, the Committee may, if it decides that this is warranted, designate one or more of its members to make a confidential inquiry and to report to the Committee urgently. (Art.33)

 

§ Complaints against Parties

- A State Party to this Convention may at any time declare under this article that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications to the effect that a State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under this Convention. (Art.34)

 

§ Conciliation Commission

 

- If a matter referred to the Committee is not resolved to the satisfaction of the States Parties concerned, the Committee may, with the prior consent of the States Parties concerned, appoint an ad hoc Conciliation Commission. The members of the Commission shall be appointed with the unanimous consent of the parties to the dispute, and its good offices shall be made available to the States concerned with a view to an amicable solution of the matter on the basis of respect for this Convention. (Art.35)

 

§ Individual and Group Petitions

- A State Party may at the time of ratification of this Convention or at any time afterwards declare that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from or on behalf of individuals subject to its jurisdiction claiming to be victims of a violation by this State Party of provisions of this Convention. The Committee shall not admit any communication concerning a State Party which has not made such a declaration. (Art.37)