In June 2021, the UN Panel of Experts on CAR tabled reports of “indiscriminate killings” and violence against civilians at the hands of “Russian instructors” to the UN Security Council ( UN Security Council, 25 June 2021). Multiple UN bodies have previously tabled concerns or opened investigations into alleged abuses perpetrated by Wagner mercenaries ( UN Security Council, 25 June 2021 UN Info, 31 March 2021).
Past initiatives came amid heightened international concern over Wagner Group operations in the Central African Republic (CAR). This was only one of the latest efforts to investigate the Wagner Group’s activities. The decision to launch the inquiry came as Wagner Group forces deployed to Ukraine, and a series of reports emerged implicating Wagner mercenaries in human rights violations in Mali. On 30 March 2022, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament launched an inquiry into states’ use of private military contractors (PMC), drawing particular attention to the prominent Russian PMC known as the Wagner Group ( UK Parliament, 30 March 2022).
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