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The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention
This chapter will discuss different attempts made by various authors to categorize or subdivide actors in the private military sector and point out why these distinctions are problematic. It further seeks to provide for a definition of private military companies that is workable under international...
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| description | This chapter will discuss different attempts made by various authors to categorize or subdivide actors in the private military sector and point out why these distinctions are problematic. It further seeks to provide for a definition of private military companies that is workable under international humanitarian law. It does so while at the same time recognizing that the purpose of international humanitarian law is to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not, or are no longer, participating in the hostilities and by restricting the means and methods of warfare. It is clear that private military companies offer services of a sophisticated nature and of a wide range, that there is an apparent wide demand for their services from a host of actors and that their operations are often transnational22. However, because of a lack of universally agreed upon definitions, understanding and defining private military is a daunting task. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43279 The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention Daniels, Caroline Nakhjavani, Salim Military companies international humanitarian law This chapter will discuss different attempts made by various authors to categorize or subdivide actors in the private military sector and point out why these distinctions are problematic. It further seeks to provide for a definition of private military companies that is workable under international humanitarian law. It does so while at the same time recognizing that the purpose of international humanitarian law is to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not, or are no longer, participating in the hostilities and by restricting the means and methods of warfare. It is clear that private military companies offer services of a sophisticated nature and of a wide range, that there is an apparent wide demand for their services from a host of actors and that their operations are often transnational22. However, because of a lack of universally agreed upon definitions, understanding and defining private military is a daunting task. 2026-05-22T12:30:52Z 2026-05-22T12:30:52Z 2015 2026-05-22T12:25:14Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43279 en eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Military companies international humanitarian law Daniels, Caroline The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention |
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| title | The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention |
| title_full | The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention |
| title_fullStr | The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention |
| title_full_unstemmed | The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention |
| title_short | The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention |
| title_sort | status of private military companies under international humanitarian law towards a new convention |
| topic | Military companies international humanitarian law |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43279 |
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