A forum for participants of the Montreux Document on pertinent international legal obligations and good practices for states related to operations of private military and security companies during armed conflict.
In Burkina Faso, the Montreux Document can serve as a pragmatic approach to regulate the increased diversity of services of private security and military companies. Since 2000, there has been a multiplication of these actors operating at the national level in various sectors of activity, from extractive industry to the fight against terrorism. In such context, the Montreux Document offers important guidelines to States for the regulation of PMSCs.
