عنوان

State control over private military and security companies in armed conflict

9781107008014 (hbk.)

1107008018 (hbk.)

لاتين

Hannah Tonkin

author

1981-

State control over private military and security companies in armed conflict

Cambridge, UK; New York

Cambridge University Press

2011

xxiv, 310 p. ;24 cm.

مرجع به حساب نمي آيد

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-293) and index.

"The past two decades have witnessed the rapid proliferation of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in armed conflicts around the world, with PMSCs participating in, for example, offensive combat, prisoner interrogation and the provision of advice and training. The extensive outsourcing of military and security activities has challenged conventional conceptions of the state as the primary holder of coercive power and raised concerns about the reduction in state control over the use of violence. Hannah Tonkin critically analyses the international obligations on three key states - the hiring state, the home state and the host state of a PMSC - and identifies the circumstances in which PMSC misconduct may give rise to state responsibility. This analysis will facilitate the assessment of state responsibility in cases of PMSC misconduct and set standards to guide states in developing their domestic laws and policies on private security"--Provided by publisher.

Mercenary troops (International law)

Mercenary troops--Legal status, laws, etc.

Private military companies (International law)

Private military companies--Law and legislation

Private security services--Law and legislation

مولف

Tonkin, Hannah