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1	Unaccountable Soldiers: Private Military Companies and the Law of Armed Conflict McRae, Peter 18 January 2012 (has links) The use of Private Military Companies (PMCs) has become an increasingly common feature of contemporary armed conflict. Because of their autonomous contractual status, PMCs have presented governments with problems of accountability on several levels, including violations of international human rights and humanitarian law (IHL) standards. This thesis argues that PMCs should be considered to be non-state actors (NSAs), subject to international law from both an International Relations Theory and a Legal Theory perspective. This conclusion is linked to the issue of whether individual PMC employees can be treated as legitimate combatants according to IHL. State practice has not led to a clear understanding of the definition of combatant, a problem which has been compounded by a lack of government policy on the use of PMCs. Using Canadian experience as a case study, the thesis concludes that IHL suggests two options for regularizing the status of PMCs which would both strengthen accountability and uphold the rule of law. private military companies private security companies international humanitarian law law of armed conflict law of war non-state actors unlawful combatants enemy combatants privatization of war Geneva conventions Richard Baxter
2	Unaccountable Soldiers: Private Military Companies and the Law of Armed Conflict McRae, Peter 18 January 2012 (has links) The use of Private Military Companies (PMCs) has become an increasingly common feature of contemporary armed conflict. Because of their autonomous contractual status, PMCs have presented governments with problems of accountability on several levels, including violations of international human rights and humanitarian law (IHL) standards. This thesis argues that PMCs should be considered to be non-state actors (NSAs), subject to international law from both an International Relations Theory and a Legal Theory perspective. This conclusion is linked to the issue of whether individual PMC employees can be treated as legitimate combatants according to IHL. State practice has not led to a clear understanding of the definition of combatant, a problem which has been compounded by a lack of government policy on the use of PMCs. Using Canadian experience as a case study, the thesis concludes that IHL suggests two options for regularizing the status of PMCs which would both strengthen accountability and uphold the rule of law. private military companies private security companies international humanitarian law law of armed conflict law of war non-state actors unlawful combatants enemy combatants privatization of war Geneva conventions Richard Baxter
3	Unaccountable Soldiers: Private Military Companies and the Law of Armed Conflict McRae, Peter 18 January 2012 (has links) The use of Private Military Companies (PMCs) has become an increasingly common feature of contemporary armed conflict. Because of their autonomous contractual status, PMCs have presented governments with problems of accountability on several levels, including violations of international human rights and humanitarian law (IHL) standards. This thesis argues that PMCs should be considered to be non-state actors (NSAs), subject to international law from both an International Relations Theory and a Legal Theory perspective. This conclusion is linked to the issue of whether individual PMC employees can be treated as legitimate combatants according to IHL. State practice has not led to a clear understanding of the definition of combatant, a problem which has been compounded by a lack of government policy on the use of PMCs. Using Canadian experience as a case study, the thesis concludes that IHL suggests two options for regularizing the status of PMCs which would both strengthen accountability and uphold the rule of law. private military companies private security companies international humanitarian law law of armed conflict law of war non-state actors unlawful combatants enemy combatants privatization of war Geneva conventions Richard Baxter
4	Unaccountable Soldiers: Private Military Companies and the Law of Armed Conflict McRae, Peter January 2012 (has links) The use of Private Military Companies (PMCs) has become an increasingly common feature of contemporary armed conflict. Because of their autonomous contractual status, PMCs have presented governments with problems of accountability on several levels, including violations of international human rights and humanitarian law (IHL) standards. This thesis argues that PMCs should be considered to be non-state actors (NSAs), subject to international law from both an International Relations Theory and a Legal Theory perspective. This conclusion is linked to the issue of whether individual PMC employees can be treated as legitimate combatants according to IHL. State practice has not led to a clear understanding of the definition of combatant, a problem which has been compounded by a lack of government policy on the use of PMCs. Using Canadian experience as a case study, the thesis concludes that IHL suggests two options for regularizing the status of PMCs which would both strengthen accountability and uphold the rule of law. private military companies private security companies international humanitarian law law of armed conflict law of war non-state actors unlawful combatants enemy combatants privatization of war Geneva conventions Richard Baxter
5	Kombattantstatus hos frivilliggrupper i Ukraina : Rysslands anklagelser om legosoldater - juridik eller retorik? / Combatant status among volunteer battalions in Ukraine : The legal merits of Russian mercenary accusations Janson, Felix January 2023 (has links) No description available. Combatant Mercenary Russia Ukraine Unlawful combatants Voulenteer fighters International legion Azov Kombattantstatus Legosoldat Ryssland Ukraina Illegala kombattanter Frivilliga från utlandet Internationella Legionen Azov Law Juridik

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