The legal status of security companies in international humanitarian law | ||
| Risalat al-huquq Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 3, December 2014, Pages 80-129 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| abd ali mohammed sewadi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Recent years have seen an increase in the number of companies private security companies (PMCs PSCs) practiced different operations during armed conflict, has also seen a change in the nature of their activities, which are now more characteristic of the business, which is at the heart of military operations. And laid down by the often close to people covered by international humanitarian law,protection of the law. Often Maigal that there is a vacuum in the law in relation to the operations of these companies, but there are, in situations of armed conflict, a complete set of legal rules governing the activities of staff of these companies, and control responsibilities of the states that hire them, and there Moreover, the role of other states also have done to ensure that these companies respect international humanitarian law. The present research legal issues raised by the work of PMCs / PSCs operating in situations of armed conflict, including the status of employees of these companies and their responsibilities under international humanitarian law, and the responsibilities of the states that hire them, in addition to the responsibilities that falls on the countries that belong to this or companies operating in its territory. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| center; Legal; International; Humanitarian; Companies | ||
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