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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Francesco Francioni; Natalino Ronzitti |
ISBN: | 9780199604555 019960455X |
OCLC Number: | 780822731 |
Description: | XLIV, 532 str. ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | SECURITY AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES ; 1. Policy Prospects for Regulating Private Military and Security Companies ; 2. The Use of Private Contractors in the Fight against Piracy: Policy Options ; HUMAN RIGHTS ; 3. The Role of Human Rights in the Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies ; 4. The Impact of the EU Human Rights System on Operations of Private Military and Security Companies ; 5. The Role of the Home State in Ensuring Compliance with Human Rights by Private Military Contractors ; 6. Positive Human Rights Obligations of the Hiring State in Connection with the Provision of Coercive Services by a Private Military And Security Company ; 7. Duties to Prevent, Investigate and Redress Human Rights Violations by Private Military and Security Companies: The Role of the Host State ; 8. Adjudicating Human Rights Violations Committed by Private Contractors in Conflict Situations before the European Court of Human Rights ; 9. The Right to Life and Self-Defence of Private Military and Security Contractors in Armed Conflict ; INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ; 10. Private Military and Security Companies in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Ius ad Bellum and Ius in Bello Issues ; 11. Private Military Companies as "Persons who Accompany the Armed Forces" ; 12. Private Military and Security Companies in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Ius ad Bellum and Ius in Bello Issues ; 13. Children's Rights: The Potential Impact of Private Military and Security Companies ; 14. Women and Private Military and Security Companies ; 15. Private Military and Security Companies and the EU's Crisis Management: Perspectives under Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law ; 16. Old Concepts and New Challenges: Are Private Contractors the Mercenaries of the 21st Century? ; ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ; 17. The Role of International Regulatory Initiatives on Business and Human Rights for Holding Private Military and Security Contractors to Account ; 18. Codes of Conduct for Private Military and Security Companies: The State of Self-regulation in the Industry ; 19. Institutional Responsibility for Private Military and Security Contractors ; 20. State Responsibility for Conduct of PMSC Violating Ius ad Bellum ; CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ; 21. The Criminal Responsibility of PMSC Personnel under International Humanitarian Law ; 22. Immunity for Private Contractors: Legal Hurdles or Political Snags? ; 23. Liability in Tort of Private Military and Security Companies: Jurisdictional Issues and Applicable Law |
Responsibility: | edited by Francesco Francioni and Natalino Ronzitti. |
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War by Contract is an impressive achievement and it would not be surprising if it became the definitive work in this area. War by Contract is certainly the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume that engages with the issues surrounding PMSCs, viewed from the perspective of international human rights and international humanitarian law, which is currently available * Maria D Sommardahl, Nordic Law Review * ...a unique survey of the legal implications of employing private contractors on maritime vessels...a meaningful and necessary first step in such an analysis * Piracy-law.com * ...the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume that grapples with the thorny issues surrounding PMSCs...that is currently available...the analyses presented will remain continually relevant into the future...an impressive achievement and it would be unsurprising if it became the definitive work in the area. * Hin-Yan Liu, King's College London * There is hardly a more timely or topical book for those who are interested in the evolution of international humanitarian law, or the expansion of human rights law to new areas and issues regarding the responsibility of states for acts outsourced to PMSCs ... It should quickly find a solid place on the shelves of all university law libraries and beyond. * Rein Mullerson, European Journal of International Law * Read more...

