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Private Military and Security Companies
, 2010 While early private military and security companies (PMSCs) were likened to mercenaries, today most scholars agree that PMSCs constitute a new phenomenon. They are organized as legitimate corporate entities, have a distinct legal status, and provide a wide range of military and security services.
Berenike Prem, Elke Krahmann
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Women and Private Military and Security Companies
, 2011 assault; 1 or have been civilian victims of private contractors operating forced prostitution rings. 2 Armed conflict, belligerent occupation, and civil strife are by definition necessarily violent for all participants, be they civilians, combatants, or PMSC employees.
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Private Military and Security Companies and States
New security challenges, 2017Christopher Spearin
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Private Military and Security Companies
2017After the Cold War, changes in demand and supply of armed forces created a gap in the security market. At the same time, a transformation of warfare and technological developments enabled small groups to obtain large, destructive weapons. These two developments, in combination with positive associations with privatization in other areas, facilitated ...
Celline Cole, Resy Vermeltfoort
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The regulation of military and private security companies
II INTERNATIONAL SEVEN MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONGRESS, 2023services in the private sector – by States, international organizations, and NGOs- is a trend on the global stage. The change to the use of Military and Private Security Companies (PMSC) in several countries raises the importance of studies on the area in the light of International Law, mainly due to the role they play in the performance of functions ...
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Private military/security companies and human security in Africa
African Security Review, 2007(2007). Private military/security companies and human security in Africa. African Security Review: Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 1-5.
Deane-Peter Baker, Sabelo Gumedze
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Private military and security companies
2018Private military and security companies (PMSCs) and contractors raise quintessential issues of global governance—they have become both subjects and objects of administration as international organizations endeavor to regulate them. This chapter explores the peculiar form of market-based violence, explaining what it is and how it is governed.
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