Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis

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Espaço Jurídico: Journal of Law, ISSN 2179-7943, Vol. 17, Nº. 3, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Espaço Jurídico: Journal of Law [EJJL] | Quadrimestral), pags. 753-766

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human rights
private security companies
liability
direitos humanos
empresas de segurança privada
responsabilidade civil

human rights
private security companies
liability
direitos humanos
empresas de segurança privada
responsabilidade civil
Karska, Elzbieta
Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis

This paper is devoted to the growing phenomenon of the private military and security industry with respect to human rights obligations. In the first part, it will analyze the concept of a private security company, which is not clear in national regulations and has few relevant provisions in international conventions. The second part will contain a short description of examples of human rights violations committed by private military and security companies, or with their participation, during service delivery or other forms of activity. The third part of this paper discusses possible methods of responsibility enforcement, with respect to the transnational character of many private security companies involved in human rights violations worldwide. One of the most important elements of the discussion in international community should focus on binding international instrument, preferably a convention, which would be able to establish at least very elementary rules for states and international organizations, responsible for using private military and security companies. The international community has witnessed a lot of initiatives from non-governmental entities, also model laws and self-regulations of the private security industry, but still the real problem has not even been reduced. The number of human rights violations has grown.

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Karska, Elzbieta

Karska, Elzbieta

Karska, Elzbieta

Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis

Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis

Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis

Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis

Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis

human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis

2016

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dialnet-ar-18-ART00013681752020-03-13Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysisKarska, Elzbietahuman rightsprivate security companiesliabilitydireitos humanosempresas de segurança privadaresponsabilidade civilThis paper is devoted to the growing phenomenon of the private military and security industry with respect to human rights obligations. In the first part, it will analyze the concept of a private security company, which is not clear in national regulations and has few relevant provisions in international conventions. The second part will contain a short description of examples of human rights violations committed by private military and security companies, or with their participation, during service delivery or other forms of activity. The third part of this paper discusses possible methods of responsibility enforcement, with respect to the transnational character of many private security companies involved in human rights violations worldwide. One of the most important elements of the discussion in international community should focus on binding international instrument, preferably a convention, which would be able to establish at least very elementary rules for states and international organizations, responsible for using private military and security companies. The international community has witnessed a lot of initiatives from non-governmental entities, also model laws and self-regulations of the private security industry, but still the real problem has not even been reduced. The number of human rights violations has grown.Este artigo trata do crescente fenômeno da indústria militar e de segurança privada no que diz respeito às obrigações com direitos humanos. Na primeira parte, analisará o conceito de empresa de segurança privada, o que não está claro nas regulamentações nacionais e tem poucas disposições relevantes nas convenções internacionais. A segunda parte contém uma breve descrição de exemplos de violações de direitos humanos cometidas por empresas militares e de segurança privadas. A terceira parte discute possíveis métodos de responsabiliza-ção, com respeito ao caráter transnacional de muitas empresas privadas de segurança envolvidas em violações de direitos humanos em todo o mundo. Um dos elementos mais importantes da discussão na comunidade internacional deve se concentrar na criação de instrumentos internacionais vinculantes, preferencialmente uma convenção, que poderia estabelecer regras pelo menos muito elementares para estados e organizações internacionais, de modo a responsabilizar o uso de empresas militares e de segurança privadas. A comunidade in-ternacional tem testemunhado muitas iniciativas de entidades nãogovernamentais, há também leis modelo e autoregulação da indústria de segurança privada, mas o problema nem sequer foi reduzido. O número de violações de direitos humanos nesses casos tem aumentado.2016text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7277466(Revista) ISSN 1519-5899(Revista) ISSN 2179-7943Espaço Jurídico: Journal of Law, ISSN 2179-7943, Vol. 17, Nº. 3, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Espaço Jurídico: Journal of Law [EJJL] | Quadrimestral), pags. 753-766engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI