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The need for clear medical data ownership laws. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Transl Med
Klonoff DC   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Private Security Companies and the Laws of War

Security Dialogue, 2009
Abstract The use of contractors employed by private security companies (PSCs) has exploded in recent years, outpacing efforts to assess the consequences of increased reliance on PSCs for international humanitarian law (IHL).
Renee De Nevers
exaly   +2 more sources

Private security companies

Strategic Comments, 2005
Although it was once assumed to be solely the province of the state, the private sector is increasingly involved in the use of force. Consider the recent experience in Iraq.
openaire   +2 more sources

Private Military and Security Companies

2017
After 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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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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Governing Private Security Companies

2020
Abstract This chapter retraces how states as governors have weighed and rebalanced the imperatives of competence and control in utilizing private military and security companies (PMSCs) as intermediaries. It argues that the complex and varying competence requirements of governors, derived from both their operational deficits and their ...
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Private Security Companies in Kenya and Dilemmas for Security

Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 2007
(2007). Private Security Companies in Kenya and Dilemmas for Security. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 391-416.
Kennedy A. Mkutu, Kizito Sabala
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