A/HRC/24/45 Contents Page I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1–3 3 II. Activities of the Working Group ............................................................................. 4–18 3 III. IV. 2 Paragraphs A. Sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth sessions of the Working Group .......... 6–8 3 B. Communications ............................................................................................ 9 4 C. Country visits .................................................................................................. 10 4 D. Comments on the policy and operations manuals on the use of armed services from private security companies ........................................ 11 4 E. Engagement with 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 .......................................................................................... 12 5 F. Collecting information on individuals convicted of mercenary activities ..... 13 5 G. Other activities of the Working Group members ............................................ 14–18 5 Research on national regulation on PMSCs ............................................................ 19–52 6 A. Introduction .................................................................................................... 19–23 6 B. Analysis .......................................................................................................... 24–52 7 Conclusion and recommendations........................................................................... 53–59 12