Sorcha MacLeod

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• 2024

  Addressing the Impacts of Mercenaries and Private Military and Security Companies on Civilians: Enforcing Norms and Ensuring Accountability

  MacLeod, S. & Rousseau, J-M., 8 Oct 2024, Protection of Civilians (POC) Trends Report 2024. Washington DC: Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), Vol. 1.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Commissioned › peer-review

  Open Access

• Expert Panel: Exploring the Security Landscape in West Africa

  MacLeod, S., 29 Jul 2024, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Communication

• Expert Panel: Legislation and Private Military and Security Companies

  MacLeod, S., 29 Jul 2024, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Communication

• Expert Panel: Private Military and Security Companies in the Logistics, Shipping and Maritime Sectors

  MacLeod, S., 30 Jul 2024, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Communication

• Expert Panel: Stopping the misuse of Virtual Assets by Mercenaries and Private Militaries

  MacLeod, S., 10 Sep 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Communication

• Expert Roundtable: Private military companies: Consequences for peace?

  MacLeod, S., 7 May 2024, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Communication

• How the MENA region has become a hotspot for mercenaries: Mobilising Men for Feminist Peace Programme

  Abbas, R., Peacock, D., Al Ahmad, B. & MacLeod, S., 29 Jul 2024

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication

  Open Access

• Private Military and Security Companies: Pathways to accountability and remedy for civilians: Accountability, regulation, actors, and jurisdictional issues

  MacLeod, S., May 2024, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research

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• Report of the UN Working Group on mercenaries, 'Role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security companies in the trafficking and proliferation of arms' A/HRC/57/45

  Small, M., Jezdimirovic Ranito, J. & MacLeod, S., 2024, United Nations Publications. 20 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › peer-review

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• Report of the UN Working Group on mercenaries, 'Trends and challenges in the financing of mercenaries and related actors' A/79/305

  MacLeod, S. & Jezdimirovic Ranito, J., 2024, United Nations Publications. 20 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › peer-review

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• Sexisme På Arbejde: Genkend, forebyg, og håndtér

  Krøjer, J., Muhr, S. L., Plotnikof, M., Myers, E. S., Einersen, A. F., MacLeod, S., Munar, A. M. & Skewes, L., 2024, København: Djøf Forlag. 253 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

• Storyville: Dogs of War

  MacLeod, S. & Whitney, D., 20 Oct 2024

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication

• The financing of contemporary mercenarism: resources, routes, and regulation (Panel: panel Private Actors, Armed Conflict and the State)

  Jezdimirovic Ranito, J. & MacLeod, S., Jun 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
• 2023

  Principles for Responsible Contracts, Principle 1: General State Regulatory and Policy Functions

  MacLeod, S. & Davitti, D., 2023, SSRN: Social Science Research Network, p. 1-8.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  Open Access

• Principles for Responsible Contracts: PRC 1 Preparation and Planning

  Davitti, D. & MacLeod, S., 2023, The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Commentary. Choudhury, B. (ed.). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 250-256 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Principles for Responsible Contracts: PRC 6 Physical Security for the Project: A Commentary

  MacLeod, S. & Davitti, D., 2023, The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Commentary. Choudhury, B. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 285-291 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Principles for Responsible Contracts PRC 6: Physical Security for the Project

  MacLeod, S. & Davitti, D., 2023, SSRN: Social Science Research Network, p. 1-8, 8 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  Open Access

• Private military and security companies in armed conflict: The current regulatory landscape for private military and security companies

  MacLeod, S., Swed, O. & Caparini, M., 2023, SIPRI Yearbook 2023 : Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. S. I. P. R. I. (ed.). 54 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 143-153 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Recruitment, including predatory recruitment, of mercenaries and mercenary-related actors: 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

  MacLeod, S. & UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 2023, UN Human Rights Council. 18 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research › peer-review

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• 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, The Regulatory Environment for Mercenaries, Mercenary-related actors, and PMSC: A Call to Action

  MacLeod, S. & Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 2023, Geneva: UN Human Rights Council. 19 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research › peer-review

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• 2022

  Business Daily: What are Russia's mercenaries doing in Africa?

  MacLeod, S., 31 Mar 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication

• Human rights at the margins: intersectional inequalities within the private security sector

  MacLeod, S., 2022, Human Rights Due Diligence and Systemic Inequalities Conference Report: Speakers’ Contributions at the Online Conference on Human Rights Due Diligence and Systemic Inequalities, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 25-26 October 2021. Smit, L. (ed.). UK: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, p. 51-56 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• ICoCA AGA 2022 Day 3 Panel - Private Military Companies and the Future of Conflict

  MacLeod, S., 7 Dec 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication

  Open Access

• InterMil-opdatering nr. 5 om folkeretten og krigen i Ukraine

  MacLeod, S., Kjeldgaard-Pedersen, A., Schack, M. & Yde, I., 2022, Denmark : Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen.

  Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication

  Open Access

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• International Efforts to Address the Regulatory Gaps Regarding PMSC: The UN Working Group on Mercenaries

  MacLeod, S., 2022, A new wave? Addressing the contemporary use of private military and security companies in armed conflict and complex environments. Valdés , C. (ed.). Geneva: DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, p. 4-5 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research

  Open Access

• Private Military and Security Companies and Gendered Human Rights Challenges: Oversight or Blatant Disregard?

  MacLeod, S. & Van Amstel, N., 2022, In: Business and Human Rights Journal. 7, 1, p. 181-187 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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• 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, 'Accountability and remedies for victims of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security companies' Report to the 51st Session of UN Human Rights Council A/HRC/51/25

  MacLeod, S. & UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 5 Jul 2022, UN Human Rights Council. 21 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

  Open Access

• 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, ‘Violations of human rights and humanitarian law perpetrated by private military and security companies, mercenaries and related actors in the maritime context,’ Report to the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly (A/77/268)

  MacLeod, S. & UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 2022, Geneva: United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. 20 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

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• Small Arms Survey Podcast #52: Private Security Companies and Weapons & Ammunition Management

  MacLeod, S. & Small Arms Survey, 2022

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
• 2021

  A new wave? Addressing the contemporary use of private military and security companies in armed conflict and complex environments

  MacLeod, S., 2021

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication

  Open Access

• Impact of the use of private military and security services in humanitarian action 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: Report to the 45th Session UN Human Rights Council (A/HRC/48/51)

  UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 2 Jul 2021, Geneva: United Nations Publications. 20 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

  Open Access

• 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, ‘The human rights impacts of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security companies engaging in cyber activities’ Report to 75th Session of UN General Assembly (A/76/151)

  MacLeod, S. & UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 15 Jul 2021, Geneva: United Nations Publications. 20 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

  Open Access

• Sexism in Danish Higher Education and Research: Understanding, Exploring, Acting

  MacLeod, S., Einersen, A., Krøjer, J., Muhr, S. L., Munar, A. M., Myers, E. S., Plotnikof, M. & Skewes, L., 2021, 161 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  Open Access

• The Ancient Art of Modern Warfare with Chris Mayer E41: Mercenary Risk Management (podcast): What to do about Quasi-Mercenary Organizations

  MacLeod, S., 26 Aug 2021

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication

  Open Access
• 2020

  Boots off the Ground: Security in Transition in the Middle East and Beyond, Episode 7: United Nations Working Group on Mercenaries (podcast)

  MacLeod, S., Sep 2020

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication

• Gendered Human Rights Impacts in the Private Military and Security Sector

  MacLeod, S. & Van Amstel, N., 1 Aug 2020, (Submitted).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• Gendered Human Rights Impacts in the Private Military and Security Sector

  MacLeod, S. & Van Amstel, N., 3 Oct 2020, SSRN: Social Science Research Network.

  Research output: Working paper

  Open Access

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• Human Rights & Security: Adapting to the Future

  MacLeod, S., 14 Jul 2020

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication

  Open Access

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• Mind the Gaps: Evaluating the International Regulatory Framework for Ensuring Human Rights Compliance in the Private Security Sector

  MacLeod, S., May 2020, (Submitted).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

• Private Military and Security Companies and the COVID-19 Pandemic/I lyset af COVID-19 De retlige konsekvenser af pandemien (Faculty of Law Video Series)

  MacLeod, S., 30 Jun 2020

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Research

• Private Security, Human Rights, and COVID-19

  MacLeod, S., 2 Jul 2020, EJIL: Talk!.

  Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Research › peer-review

• Private Security, Human Rights and Covid-19: Regulatory Challenges at the Margins, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 99/CEPRI Working Paper Series, Issue 5, 2020

  MacLeod, S., 21 Oct 2020, 5 ed., SSRN: Social Science Research Network, 14 p. (CEPRI Working Paper Series; No. 99).

  Research output: Working paper › Research › peer-review

• The evolving forms, trends and manifestations of mercenaries and mercenary-related - 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 people to self-determination: Report to 75th Session of UN General Assembly (A/75/259)

  MacLeod, S. & UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 28 Jul 2020, United Nations Publications. 22 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

  Open Access

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• The Future of Regulation of the Private Security Sector

  MacLeod, S., 7 Feb 2020

  Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Communication

  Open Access

• The impact of private military and security services in immigration and border management on the protection of the rights of all migrants,’ 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: Report to the 45th Session UN Human Rights Council (A/HRC/45/9)

  UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 9 Jul 2020, United Nations Publications. 19 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report

  Open Access

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• UCLA The Promise Institute Podcast, Season 2 Episode 6: Private Security, Human Rights and Covid-19: Regulatory Challenges at the Margins (podcast)

  MacLeod, S. & Peake, J., 3 Dec 2020

  Research output: Non-textual form › Sound/Visual production (digital) › Communication
• 2019

  Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights?

  MacLeod, S. & DeWinter-Schmitt, R., 2019, In: Business and Human Rights Journal. 4, 1, p. 55-77

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Relationship between private military and security companies and the extractive industry from a human rights perspective, 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, A/HRC/42/42

  UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 29 Jul 2019, United Nations Publications. 19 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report

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• 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: the gendered human rights impacts of private military and security companies, A/74/244

  MacLeod, S. & UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, 29 Jul 2019, United Nations Publications. 23 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

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• 2017

  Defining private security accountability

  MacLeod, S., 2017, Whose Responsibility?: Reflections on Accountability in private security governance . Klopfer, F. & Van Amstel, N. (eds.). Geneva: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

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