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Title:Women’s rights : the potential impact of private military and security companies Author(s):VRDOLJAK, Ana Filipa
Date:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/22; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:Armed conflict and occupation are by definition necessarily violent for all participants, be they civilians or combatants. However, for women it heralds an exacerbation in existing violence, discrimination and inequalities. ...

Title:Members of Private Military companies and/as Unlawful Combatants? Author(s):BILKOVA, VeronikaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/15; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:The recent changes in the physiognomy of the battlefield have provoked intense discussions about the role and legal status of private military and security companies (PMSCs) and the relationship between them and some ...
Title:Cultural Rights: The Potential Impact of Private Military and Security Companies Author(s):VRDOLJAK, Ana Filipa
Date:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/21; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:Culture and its protection has been present in the earliest codifications of the laws of war and international humanitarian law, both in its physical manifestations as cultural heritage and its practice and enjoyment as ...

Title:Human rights and international humanitarian law in the common security and defence policy : legal framework and perspectives for PMSC regulation Author(s):FALCO, ValentinaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/25; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:The actual and potential role of private military and security companies (PMSCs) within the European Union’s crisis-management operations make it crucial to clarify the legal framework in which their personnel must operate. ...
Title:Challenging the EU counter-terrorism measures through the courts Editor(s):CREMONA, Marise
; FRANCIONI, Francesco
; POLI, SaraDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/10Abstract:This collection of papers examines the implications of the European Court of Justice’s approach to UN-related counter-terrorism measures against individuals (so-called ‘smart sanctions’), as expressed by its ruling in Case ...


Title:The responsibility of the PMSC’s home state for human rights violations arising from the export of private military and security services Author(s):FRANCIONI, Francesco
Date:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/18; PRIV-WAR ProjectAbstract:Departing from the contemporary trend favourable to the re-conceptualisation of human rights in terms of obligations of non state actors, this paper argues that and effective compliance with
international human right ...

Title:Private military and security companies : positive human rights obligations of the host state Author(s):BAKKER, Christine
Date:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/20; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:This paper examines the positive human rights obligations of states on whose territory private military and security companies (PMSCs) operate. It considers the obligations to prevent human rights violations; the obligations ...

Title:Regulating private military and security companies : a multifaceted and multilayered approach Author(s):CUSUMANO, Eugenio
Date:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/11; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:Private military and security companies do not operate in a complete legal vacuum. The inherently transnational nature of the so called market for force, however, makes traditional single state regulation insufficient. ...


Title:Children’s rights: the potential impact of private military and security companies Author(s):BAKKER, Christine
; GREIJER, SusannaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/23; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:This paper examines the potential risks that the use of PMSCs in a conflict or post-conflict situation poses for children, considering the existing norms for the protection of children’s rights at the international and EU ...

Title:Institutional responsibility for private military and security contractors Author(s):WHITE, Nigel D.Date:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/26; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:This paper analyses issues of legal responsibility arising from the discernible trend among international organizations, including regional organizations, to use the services of Private Military and Security Contractors ...