1. Mercenaries and Private Military Companies
... not completely disappeared "private military and security companies" (PMSC), in the course of the past 20 years, have increasingly taken over the traditional activities carried out by mercenaries before1. Contrary to mercenaries, private military and security companies are transnational corporations legally registered which obtain contracts from governments, private firms, intergovernmental and non governmental ... to other international human rights instruments, the Convention has not established a monitoring organ of control. The activities and the services provided by military and secu...
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