There is general consensus that mercenarism is and should remain prohibited. The difficulty
that has arisen is firstly one of defining the exact nature of mercenarism, and more
specifically what actions constitute mercenary actions. A further difficulty arises in that much
of the legislation intended to outlaw mercenarism is impacting on the legal activity of private
military and security contractors, who fall short of the definitional requirements of
mercenarism. The two groups being so closely linked that they are often mistakenly conflated
. There is currently a need to develop a response to the private military security industry,
which is better suited to effectively regulate their activities, whilst also effectively
criminalising the activities of those who actions amount to mercenarism.
The dissertation therefore sets about analysing how these two distinct sectors: mercenaries
and private military security companies, are regulated at an international and domestic level.
It then uses the lessons learnt from these regulator attempts, and the various policy
considerations which countries have to make, to propose a way forward in creating an
effective regulatory system for mercenaries and private military companies at an international
and domestic level. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/10932 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Kimble, Matthew Blain. |
| Contributors | Bosch, Shannon. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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