Dr. Sorcha MacLeod

Dr Sorcha MacLeod is an Associate Professor and Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow in the Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI) at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law and is Chair-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries. Her background is in international human rights law, specialising in researching and teaching business, human rights and security, in particular the human rights impacts and regulation of Private Military and Security Companies, and she has published widely in this area. She holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow, UK, and an LLM in International Natural Resources Law and LLB (Hons) in Scots Law from the University of Dundee, UK. She is an invited expert to the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on private military and security companies. She participated in the development of the Montreux Document on private military and security companies, as well as the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers and sits on the ICoCA Advisory Group on Responsible Security. She has been involved in the drafting of international management standards PSC1 and ISO 18788 for private security operations and has advised civil society organisations, governments and industry on business, human rights and security issues.