2022年3月2日，国际安保行为守则协会（ICoCA）总干事杰米·威廉森首次发表声明称，随着在乌克兰活跃的私营军事承包商数量不断增加，督促相关方应恪守6项关键原则:

一、私营军事承包商必须始终遵守国际法(包括国际人道主义法和人权法)——这是不容谈判的底线；

二、私营军事承包商及其雇员所执行的职能性质和环境决定了他们的平民或战斗人员身份；

三、私营军事承包商及其雇员若直接参与敌对行动，在这一时段将失去作为平民身份的保护地位；

四、私营军事承包商及其雇员本身享有平民地位，一旦纳入国家正规武装部队或隶属于国家指挥的有组织武装部队、团体或单位的成员，将不享有平民身份赋予的保护地位；

五、私营军事承包商及其雇员如果违背国际国内法律和犯下罪行将受到司法起诉；

六、私营军事承包商及其雇员有权在国际武装冲突中获得战俘身份，前提是他们被授权陪同武装部队并拥有身份证明。

With the increasing number of private military contractors active in Ukraine, it is important to recall 6 key principles:

1. Private military contractors must always comply with international law (International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights) – this is not negotiable;

2. It is the nature and circumstances of the functions carried out by the personnel of private military contractors that determine their status as civilians or combatants;

3. Personnel of private military contractors lose their protection as civilians for such time as they directly participate in hostilities;

4. Personnel of private military contractors are civilians except if incorporated into the regular armed forces of a State or are members of organized armed forces, groups or units under a command responsible to the State;

5. Personnel of private military contractors can be prosecuted if they commit crimes;

6. Personnel of private military contractors are entitled to Prisonor of War status in international armed conflicts, if they are authorized to accompany the armed forces & have been provided with an identity card.