State control over private military and security companies in armed conflict / Hannah Tonkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tonkin, Hannah, 1981- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 84.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 84

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mercenary troops (International law).

Mercenary troops--Legal status, laws, etc.

Mercenary troops.

Private military companies (International law).

Private military companies--Law and legislation.

Private military companies.

Private security services--Law and legislation.

Private security services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

State Control over Private Military & Security Companies in Armed Conflict

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The past two decades have witnessed the rapid proliferation of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in armed conflicts around the world, with PMSCs participating in, for example, offensive combat, prisoner interrogation and the provision of advice and training. The extensive outsourcing of military and security activities has challenged conventional conceptions of the state as the primary holder of coercive power and raised concerns about the reduction in state control over the use of violence. Hannah Tonkin critically analyses the international obligations on three key states - the hiring state, the home state and the host state of a PMSC - and identifies the circumstances in which PMSC misconduct may give rise to state responsibility. This analysis will facilitate the assessment of state responsibility in cases of PMSC misconduct and set standards to guide states in developing their domestic laws and policies on private security.

Contents:

The private security industry uncovered

State obligations and state responsibility

The attribution of PMSC conduct to the hiring state

Obligations of the host state

Obligations of the hiring state

Obligations of the home state.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9780511993367

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