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The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association (ICoCA) is a multistakeholder initiative whose mission is to raise private industry security standards and promote the responsible provision of private security. During these podcasts ICoCA invites different perspectives on what the future holds for responsible private security that respects human rights and international humanitarian law. Music by www.bensound.com
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Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
The International Code of Conduct: Genesis and Negotiation Process
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
In this episode, we welcome Andrew Clapham, professor of international law at the Geneva Graduate Institute, and member of ICoCA's Advisory Group. Having been involved in the development and drafting of the International Code of Conduct, he will walk us through the context, as well as the process of the negotiations that have preceded the Code's establishment.

Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
After a career in the Gurkhas and Singapore Police, Ian Gordon founded his own private security company, IDG Security, an ICoCA Certified Member Company with operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and Myanmar. So what are the pitfalls in recruiting private security personnel from South Asia, and how does Ian avoid these? We talk to Ian about the powerful role agents play, and how this is leading to third country nationals contracted as private security guards ending up as bonded labourers in many complex environments.

Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021

Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
In the 13th episode we talk to Simon Pears, Chair of the International Professional Security Association (IPSA). Simon is implementing a plan that could potentially provide IPSA with key data about the treatment of frontline security personnel around the world. So why is this important, and if successful, how might this data inform policy and practice related to the private security sector and human rights across different jurisdictions?

Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Human Rights & Human Resources: The Role of Training and Vetting in Responsible Security
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021

Tuesday May 04, 2021
A Future For Mining In The DRC: The Role of Responsible Security
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Richard Robinson is a Senior Advisor for GardaWorld. His vast experience has seen him working in and across all sectors, corporate, non-profit and government. He was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and spent the last two decades there, which included setting up one of the largest tin mines in the world in a remote region of North Kivu. So what have his experiences working for and contracting private security companies in DRC taught him about the role responsible security can play in settings renowned for corruption and conflict?

Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Understanding Mercenaries: War, Wagner and Why We Should Care
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Candace Rondeaux, Professor of Practice at the School of Politics and Global Studies and a Senior Fellow with the Center on the Future of War at Arizona State University, shares her insights on the rise of Russian mercenaries, including the Wagner group, in various conflicts around the world. What's driving the increasing prevalence of mercenaries, and what, if anything, can be done to reign in these actors to ensure human rights and International humanitarian laws are respected?

Friday Mar 05, 2021
Human Rights and Women in the Private Security Workforce
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
In the first episode of the second series, we talk to two members of the ICoCA Board of Directors, Jo Anthoine, Director of Risk and Welfare, GardaWorld and Michelle Quinn, Senior Vice President, Patriot Group International. Why did they choose careers in the private security sector? What has their experience been of the challenges and opportunities women face in a male-dominated industry. How and why do private security companies and the communities in which they operate, benefit by bringing more women into the workforce?

Monday Oct 26, 2020
The Future of Compliance: Why Clients Count
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
We talk to Jonathan Drimmer, a Partner at Paul Hastings law firm and Strategic Advisor with the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights to find out why companies should care about human rights and the risks they face if they ignore these risks. Jonathan shares his insights on the challenges organisations face in ensuring human rights compliance throughout their global operations and supply chains. So why is private security so central to this, and what trends should we look out for in the years ahead?

Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Accountability in the Private Security Sector: Past, Present and Future
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
In Episode 7, we talk to Dr. Christopher Kinsey, Reader at Kings College London, who has spent the last twenty years researching and writing on the subject of private security. Dr. Kinsey describes how the private security sector has changed since he started his research, and how accountability mechanisms have developed during this period. So what are the different regulatory models at play, and where does international law fit in?