A Review of 'Law's Impunity: Responsibility and the Modern Private Military Company'
Journal Title: Journal of Human Security - Year 2016, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
The mercenaries and mercenarism are two points of concern for scholars studying the rules of war throughout history. Both in <em>jus ad bellum</em> (JAB) and <em>jus in bellum</em> (JIB) we can find a framework of international law crafted to impede the participation of individuals motivated to take part in hostilities to get private gain. Nevertheless, paradoxically, the problem is when corporations are supported by domestic law to perform serviced in ground combats abroad. In the latter case, Human Rights Law (HRL), International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Criminal Law (ICL) present numerous gaps that make it difficult to incriminate corporations, which perpetuate the impunity among private organizations involved in human rights violations in conflict zones.
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Marcos Alan S. V. Ferreira surname0
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- DOI 10.12924/johs2016.12010035
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