S2E3 - In this episode, we welcome Amol Mehra, director of industry programs at Laudes Foundation. He was one of the founding board members of ICoCA. Amol will tell us more about the process of creation of the ICoCA, and specifically, about the

The Evolution of ICoCA - The Early Years

Nov 8th, 2023 30m 7s

In this episode we speak to Rémy Friedmann, Senior Advisor on Business and Human Rights at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs who was ICoCA's first Chair of the Board of Directors and guided the Association through its early years.

The International Code of Conduct: Genesis and Negotiation Process

Sep 13th, 2023 35m 40s

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 wi

Agents of Chains: The Role of Responsible Recruitment in Securing Security Personnel from South Asia

Jan 11th, 2022 24m 51s

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 rec

Resilience within International Aid and Development: Helping Humanitarians Realize Responsible Security

Sep 14th, 2021 25m 54s

In the fourteenth episode of ICoCA's podcast series we talk to Mike Blyth, Chief Operating Officer at Risk and Strategic Management, Corp (RSM). With a background in the military, Mike has decades of experience helping humanitarian actors with

Understanding the Private Security Sector: How Data Can Inform and Professionalize the Industry

Jul 14th, 2021 22m 44s

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

Human Rights & Human Resources: The Role of Training and Vetting in Responsible Security

Jun 23rd, 2021 16m 54s

In the twelfth episode we talk to Stella Kagwi, Group HR Coordinator for WS Insight, an ICoCA Member Company with operations across Africa, about why and how human resource management plays such a critical role in the provision of responsible s

A Future For Mining In The DRC: The Role of Responsible Security

May 4th, 2021 25m 49s

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,

Understanding Mercenaries: War, Wagner and Why We Should Care

Mar 31st, 2021 26m 5s

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 Wag

Human Rights and Women in the Private Security Workforce

Mar 5th, 2021 27m 21s

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

The Future of Compliance: Why Clients Count

Oct 26th, 2020 24m 12s

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 th

Accountability in the Private Security Sector: Past, Present and Future

Sep 30th, 2020 24m 20s

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 si

The Future of Slavery: Private Security and the Human Cost of Cost Cutting

Sep 3rd, 2020 35m 10s

To find out why modern slavery persists in the private security sector we talk to James Sinclair, Executive Director of Ethical Innovations and one of the Co-Founders of FSI Worldwide, an ethical recruitment company with its roots in the privat

Anticipating the Future: Foresight and International Security

Jul 23rd, 2020 21m 30s

In Episode 5 we talk to Emily Munro, Head of Strategic Anticipation at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GSCP). We start by asking what COVID-19 has taught us about strategic anticipation. How well-prepared were we for a pandemic and what

Human Rights and Security: Adapting to the Future

Jul 13th, 2020 26m 56s

In Episode 4 we talk to Dr Sorcha MacLeod, Associate Professor and Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellow in the Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI) in the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen and an independent human rights expert on t

The Future Of Technology & Security: A Force for Good or Bad?

Jun 25th, 2020 40m 55s

During this episode we interview Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli, Head of Global Risk and Resilience at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) in Geneva, Switzerland. Among other questions, we ask which technologies the security sector is already em

Managing risks: COVID-19 and lessons learned for the future of responsible security

Jun 18th, 2020 25m 26s

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on security around the world. In this episode, we talk to Richard Wylde, Director for Government and Defence, and Chair of the UK Security in Complex Environments Group (SCEG). We ask Richard what th

Understanding ICoCA: Ensuring a future for responsible security

Jun 5th, 2020 25m 3s

Jamie Williamson, Executive Director of the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA) shares his perspectives on the future of responsible private security provision. Recounting the history of the formation of the Association and how th

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