DCAF promotes multi-stakeholder engagement across the private sector, governments and communities in order to address security and human rights challenges. DCAF’s Security and Human Rights Implementation Mechanism (SHRIM) provides a framework for much of DCAF’s operational programming in the Business and Security Field.
What we do
National Private Security RegulationDCAF supports national regulatory processes to ensure effective, human rights compliant legal and policy frameworks for private security.
DCAF supports national private security regulation in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Regional Organisations and Private Security DCAF supports regional organisations in network building, exchanging good practices and strengthening private security governance.
Learn more about DCAF's work with regional organisations in Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Responsible Business ConductDCAF supports in-country Working Groups that enable companies, governments and civil society to work together to address security and human rights challenges.
More information on DCAF's projects in Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa.
Training of Public Security Forces Through the Security and Human Rights Implementation Mechanism (SHRIM), DCAF supports Human Rights training for security forces in Africa.
Business and Security Research CollaborationsDCAF partners with academia, thinktanks and civil society organisations to develop applied research in the field of business and security.
Learn more about DCAF's research collaborations in Europe.
Private Security and Civil Society In Africa, DCAF is a strategic partner to the Private Security Governance Observatory, a network of civil society organizations (CSOs) that seeks to promote good governance of the private security sector.
Where we work
