Background

Business and Security

Who we are

DCAF work with business, governments and communities to improve security, sustainable development and respect for human rights. We play a leading role globally in improving oversight and accountability of the private security industry.

We engage actively to address security and human rights challenges related to the extractives sector when operating in complex environments.

More broadly, DCAF supports initiatives at local, national and international levels that promote responsible business conduct.
US AT A GLANCE
PUBLICATION: Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

Our Programmes

DCAF’s Business and Security Division develops innovative partnerships with companies, governments and communities to improve security, sustainable development and respect for human rights.

We engage on two levels:
    - Support to international initiatives that promote responsible business conduct
    - Support to national implementation in the field of business and security

Business, Security and Human Rights

Private Security Governance

Security and Human Rights implementation Mechanism (SHRIM)

Resources

Understanding private surveillance providers and technologies

Contract guidance tool for private military & security services

Security and human rights implementation mechanism annual report 2020

The growing use of private military and security companies in conflict settings: How to reduce threats to civilians?

Sharing good practices between private security regulators in the Southern African region

Enhancing the regulation, oversight and governance of the private security industry in the Caribbean region

Montreux Document Forum

Use of Force by Private Security Providers: What Regulatory Approaches for States?

Security and human rights implementation mechanism annual report 2017

A new wave? Addressing the contemporary use of private military and security companies in armed conflict and complex environments

Contracted maritime security - are current models accountable, safe, and sustainable?

ICOCA

THREE INITIATIVES to support business, security and human rights

Business and Security Hub

Private Security Governance Observatory

How is the private security industry in Latin America responding to COVID19?

Private military and security regulation

Security and Human Rights Knowledge Hub

National Human Rights Institutions, Ombudsman and Private Security

Private Military and Security Companies

The role of CSOs in the good governance of private security in Nigeria

Gender and Private Security Regulation

Private Security Governance and National Action Plans (NAPs) on Business and Human Rights

Managing Security and Protecting Rights

Partners

  • DiploFoundation
  • University of Denver
  • IPIECA (The global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues)
  • Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada)
  • Lumière Synergie pour le Développement (LSD)
  • Socios Perú
  • Geneva Internet Platform
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • German Federal Foreign Office
  • The Montreux Document Forum
  • Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  • International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA)
  • UNLIREC
  • ASSN