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Inițiativele Organizației Națiunilor Unite de reglementare a activităților companiilor militare și de securitate private
United Nations Initiatives to Regulate the Activities of Private Military and Security Companies

Author(s): Corina Zacon
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Law and Transitional Justice
Published by: Universitatea Liberă Internațională din Moldova
Keywords: international humanitarian law; private security companies; combatant; mercenary; United Nations;

Summary/Abstract: In order to ensure international peace and security, the United Nations is taking several steps to achieve this goal. The legal regulation of the status of Private Military and Security Companies is one of the objectives of the UN. In order to prevent and combat the use of mercenaries and specific services provided by Private Military and Security Companies, the UN has created several tools and intervention mechanisms. The text of this article examines the possibility of creating a UN intervention force, which could consist of individual recruits capable of intervening in security mandates and not of military forces provided by Member States and streamlining the process of prosecuting those who have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, under the auspices of the UN.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 203-208
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian
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