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Article

4 May 2009

Author:
James Cockayne

[DOC] Joint Committee on Human Rights – Inquiry into Business and Human Rights – Relevance of Her Majesty’s Government Public Consultation on Private Military Companies

The...Inquiry into Business and Human Rights provides an important opportunity for ensuring that HMG demonstrates its commitment to the Ruggie policy framework, as HMG works with the PMSC industry to explore more effective regulatory arrangements. The Ruggie policy framework, in turn, could provide important practical guidance to HMG regarding what kinds of regulatory arrangements ought be put in place...There are many ways in which states can work with business actors to provide effective protection of human rights in the PMSC industry...[A]ny such effort should be consonant with the broader approach by HMG to ‘business and human rights’ issues, or it will risk creating a perception of policy incoherence [refers to Blackwater, Now Xe]