Public international law and human rights violations by private military and security companies / Helena Torroja, editor.
Torroja Mateu, Helena, 1969- editor.
2017
KZ6418.5 .P83 2017
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Title Public international law and human rights violations by private military and security companies / Helena Torroja, editor.
ISBN 9783319660981
3319660985
3319660977
9783319660974
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66098-1
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 158 pages).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-66098-1 doi
Call Number KZ6418.5 .P83 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 341.48
Summary This book explores the human rights consequences of the new mercenarism, as channeled through so-called private military and security companies (PMSCs), and offers an overview of the evolution and status quo of both non-legal (soft law and self-regulation) and legal initiatives seeking to limit them. It addresses various topics, including the impact of the presence of non-state actors on human security using the cases of Afghanistan and Syria; research on PMSCs' impact on human rights in specific cases; the insufficiency and ineffectiveness of existing direct and indirect legal prohibitions on the use of mercenaries; various aspects of international human rights law and international humanitarian law related to the conduct of PMSCs; soft-law and self-regulation mechanisms; and the international minimum standard in general international law regarding the privatization, export, import, and contracting of PMSCs.
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Foreword / Patricia Arias
Introduction / Helena Torroja
Afghanistan and Syria : nonstate actors and their negative impact on human security / Mario Laborie
Delimitation and presence of PMSCs : impact on human rights / Felipe Daza
Ineffectiveness of the current definition of a "mercenary" in international humanitarian and criminal law / José L. Gómez del Prado
Private military and security companies and human rights / Carlos Lopez
International soft law initiatives : the opportunities and limitations of the Montreux Document, ICoC, and security operations management system standards / Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt
Ideas on the international minimum standard for the privatization, export, and import of armed coercion / Helena Torroja
Conclusions / Helena Torroja.

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