Abstract

URUENA-SANCHEZ, Mario  and  OLASOLO ALONSO, Héctor. Private military and security companies: towards an operational definition for international humanitarian law. Rev. Crim. [online]. 2022, vol.64, n.2, pp.47-61.  Epub Feb 08, 2023. ISSN 1794-3108.  https://doi.org/10.47741/17943108.354.

The purpose of this article is to analyze the elements whose weighting could lead to an operational definition of private military and security companies for international humanitarian law. The methodology used to achieve this objective consists of the analysis of documentary sources including the review of international legal norms, doctrine and academic literature from other social sciences, which favors an interdisciplinary debate to address the phenomenon of private military and security companies with the aim of complementing the construction of this operational definition from as many perspectives as possible.

Keywords : Private security services; military personnel; hostility crime relationship; Internacional human rights; state liability; Private military Company.

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