A/HRC/33/43 Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Activities of the Working Group ...................................................................................................... 3 A. Twenty-fifth to twenty-seventh sessions of the Working Group ............................................. 3 B Communications ...................................................................................................................... 4 C Country visits ........................................................................................................................... 4 D Other activities of Working Group members ........................................................................... 4 Research on national legislation concerning private military and security companies .................... 4 A. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 4 B. Analysis ................................................................................................................................... 5 C. Accountability and remedies ................................................................................................... 18 Conclusions and recommendations .................................................................................................. 21 III. IV. 2