Self-regulation of Private Military Corporations - the Optimal Solution?

Abstracts

EN

The article carries out the two track analysis. The frst part discusses the complexity of the private military companies' regulation in the light of modern changes of the warfare and concerns raised on the possible violations of international humanitarian law and human rights. The second part describes the Swiss Initiative (with focus to the Montreux Document and the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers) established by the main stakeholders. The article aims to present to which extent the bottom-up initiatives may satisfy the legal standards of industry regulation.

Keywords

EN

code of conduct; private military societies; international humanitarian law; social corporate responsibility

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
• Journal: Security Dimensions: International & National Studies
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 9(9)
• Pages: 112-127

Dates

published

2018-08-28

Contributors

other

Kaja Kowalczewska

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

1832062