Public international law and human rights violations by private military and security companies

Resource Information

The work Public international law and human rights violations by private military and security companies represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Public international law and human rights violations by private military and security companies

Statement of responsibility

Helena Torroja, editor

Contributor

• Torroja Mateu, Helena, 1969-

Editor

• Torroja Mateu, Helena, 1969-

Subject

• Private security services
• International law and human rights
• International law and human rights
• Private military companies (International law)
• Human rights
• Private military companies (International law)
• Private security services
• Human rights

Language

eng

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"--Publisher's website

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography