The Legal Status of Employees of Private Military/Security Companies Participating in U.N. Peacekeeping Operations
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: While terminology varies, this paper follows the Montreux document in defining PMSCs as private business entities that provide military and/or security services, irrespective of how they describe themselves.Military and security services include, in particular, armed guarding and protection of persons and objects, such as convoys, buildings and other places; maintenance and operation of weapons systems; prisoner detention; and advice to or training of local forces and security personnel.Int'l Comm. of the Red (Sept.17, 2008).For more information on state practices with PMSCs, see generally Swiss Fed.Dep't of Foreign Affairs, The Montreux Document on Private Military and Security Companies: Proceedings of the Regional Workshop for North East and Central Asia, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, available at http://www.dcaf.ch/Publications/The-Montreux-Document-on-Private-Military-and-Security-Companies-Proceedings-of-the-Regional-Workshop-for-North-East-and-Central-Asia.This definition is meant to encompass what other scholars call private security companies, private military firms, the private security industry, private contractors, private armies, privatized armies, private military corporation or firms, private military contractors, military service providers, non-lethal service providers, corporate security firms, and in some cases, mercenaries. Cross, Montreux Document on Pertinent International Legal Obligations and Good Practices for States related to Operations of Private Military and Security Companies during Armed Conflict
Author: Mohamad Ghazi Janaby
Language: English
Topic: Military and Defense Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W326668476