PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES: THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGULATION

Submitted by redaktor on Sun, 10/01/2023 - 16:56

Year: 
2023

Article:

Issue: 
2

UDC: 
340
DOI: 
10.34076/22196838_2022_2_110
Author(s): 

Permyakov Georgy

Master student, Ural State Law University named after V. F. Yakovlev (Yekaterinburg), ORCID: 0000-0002-9485-3930, e-mail: gjsh-2000@yandex.ru

Author(s): 
Permyakov Georgy
Abstract: 

This article analyzes modern approaches to the regulation of private military and security companies. The history of the appearance and activity of such formations are considered. The analysis of international acts in the field of international humanitarian law is carried out, a comparison is made of the status of members of private military and security companies with the status of combatants and mercenaries.

Key words: 

armed conflict, private military and security companies, humanitarian law, combatants, mercenaries

For citation: 

Permyakov G. (2023) Private military and security companies: the need for international legal regulation. In Elektronnoe prilozhenie k «Rossiiskomu yuridicheskomu zhurnalu», no. 2, pp. 110–118, DOI: http://doi.org/10.34076/22196838_2023_2_110.

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Sunday, 01.10.2023

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