Privatizing War - Private Military and Security Companies Under Public International Law

Informationen zum Autor Lindsey Cameron is a Legal Adviser for the International Committee of the Red Cross. Prior to joining the ICRC, she worked as a researcher in the faculty of law at the University of Geneva. She has also worked for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in the Balkans and at the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Canada. Vincent Chetail is Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. He is also Director of the Global Migration Centre and formerly the Research Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. His main field of interest relates to the various branches of international law applicable in times of armed conflicts. Klappentext A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the international legal framework applying to private military and security companies in armed conflict. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive study of international law as it applies to the widespread! but controversial! use of private military and security companies in armed conflict. Along with an expert analysis of humanitarian law! it covers classic questions of responsibility and raises new questions regarding legal limits on the use of PMSCs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The limits on the right to resort to PMSCs; 2. The international responsibility of states and its relevance for PMSCs; 3. Legal means through which PMSCs are bound by IHL; 4. The legal rules applicable to PMSCs and their personnel; 5. The implementation of responsibility arising from violations of international law by PMSCs; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Lindsey Cameron, Lindsey Chetail Cameron, Cameron Lindsey, Vincent Chetail, Vincent (Graduate Institute of International Studies Chetail, Vincent Cameron Chetail, Chetail Vincent
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2013
• EAN: 9781107032408
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03240-8
• No. of pages: 754
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, LAW / International, International Relations, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law