A/HRC/27/50 misdemeanour, except for torts of negligence or involuntary crimes.”19 This requirement is also found, to varying degrees, in the legislation of Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Tunisia.20 29. The criterion of “good moral standards” is also important in several States.21 In Morocco, the relevant law states that no one shall be hired if he or she was “sentenced or imprisoned for a crime deemed incompatible with the exercise of the activities described in this Act…22 Morocco’s legislation is in fact quite progressive; it states that “the hiring of an employee must be in line with the professional qualifications established by regulations regarding the nature of the job”.23 However, this law does not provide further details on what such requirement would entail in concrete terms. None of the laws analysed contain any reference to international human rights or humanitarian law or standards to be taken into account during the selection process.24 30. The laws of only four countries provide information on mandatory and regular training of PMSC personnel, namely Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco and Tunisia. However, none of the relevant laws contains details about the content of the required training, nor any specific details on international human rights or humanitarian law or standards. 5. Permitted and prohibited activities 31. In the laws reviewed, the activities that PSCs are permitted to carry out range from guarding and providing protection for persons and property/goods, and protection for the transport of funds, money, documents, jewellery, precious metals and other important objects.25 In Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Morocco, PSCs are required to indicate the private nature of their work in order to avoid confusion between the activities of private persons and those of public security services.26 Some countries27 permit PSC personnel to carry out activities within the buildings and boundaries of the properties being guarded.28 Exceptions exist, as in Burkina Faso, where the law states that such personnel shall only carry out their duties in the public sphere in exceptional cases (without specifying further), and in Mali, Morocco and Tunisia, where PSC personnel may, exceptionally carry out their duties in the public sphere in order to prevent theft, burglary or other attack against property.29 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Burkina Faso, Decree No. 343/2009, art. 9. Côte d’Ivoire, Decree No. 2005-73, art. 13; Mali, Decree No. 96-020, art. 13; Senegal, Law No. 2706, art. 2; and Tunisia, Decree No. 2002-81, arts. 6 and 11. Burkina Faso, Decree No. 343/2009, art. 9; Côte d’Ivoire, Decree No. 2005-73, art. 13; Mali, Decree No. 96-020, art. 13; Senegal, Decree No. 2003-447, art. 9 . Morocco, Law No. 27-06, arts. 2 and 5. Ibid., art. 5, para. 3. Despite the fact that recruitment is listed as one of the tasks of the commission in charge of authorizing private security activities in Cameroon (Decree No. 2005/031, art. 1), no specific recruitment or selection criteria is mentioned in the law. Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Morocco and Tunisia. See, for example, Burkina Faso, Decree No. 2009-343, art. 5; Côte d’Ivoire, Decree No. 2005-73, art. 5, and Decree No.743/2008, art. 2; Mali, Decree No. 96-020, art. 8; and Morocco, Law No. 27-06, art. 9, para. 2. Burkina Faso, Morocco and Tunisia. See, for example, Burkina Faso, Decree No. 2009-343, arts. 6 and 7; Mali, Decree No. 96-020, art. 11; Morocco, Law No. 27-06, art. 17; Tunisia, Decree No. 2002-81, art. 16. Burkina Faso, Decree No. 2009-343, art. 6; Mali, Decree No. 96-020, art. 11; Morocco, Law No. 2706, art. 17; and Tunisia, Decree No. 2002-81, art. 16. 9