Public International Law and Human Rights Violations by Private Military and Security Companies

Buch | Hardcover

IX, 158 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-66097-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Helena Torroja, University of Barcelona, Law School, Barcelona, Spain

Erscheinungsdatum	05.01.2018
Zusatzinfo	IX, 158 p. 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	421 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	Human Rights • Human rights, civil rights • Human Rights Violations • International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Confl • International legal initiatives • Law • Law and Criminology • Military and Defence Studies • New mercenarism • PMSCs • Private military and security companies • Public international law: humanitarian law • self-regulation • Warfare & defence • Warfare & defence
ISBN-10	3-319-66097-7 / 3319660977
ISBN-13	978-3-319-66097-4 / 9783319660974
Zustand	Neuware