International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers

The “International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers” (ICoC) is a multi-stakeholder initiative convened by the Swiss Government. It aims to set private securityindustry principles and standards based on international human rights and humanitarian law,as well as to improve accountability of the industry by establishing an external independentoversight mechanism. As a minimum, the Code states that the mechanism is to includecertification, auditing, monitoring and reporting. A Steering Committee is meeting regularly todevelop a proposal for this mechanism. The Steering Committee consists of representativesof three stakeholder groups: signatory companies, governments and civil society, and isconsulting widely in its work.

By signing the ICoC, signatory companies publicly commit to operate in accordance with theCode and to work with relevant stakeholder to establish this mechanism and relatedstandards as the industry standard.

MAXCELLENCE Security Strategies GmbHactively reaffirms, supports and subscribes to theprinciples laid out in the “International Code of Conduct for Private Security ServiceProviders”, as follows.

Heinrich Schneider
Director
1 January 2015