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The conduct of armed conflict is increasingly being outsourced to private military and security companies, whose legal position remains unclear. This book identifies and analyses the human rights and humanitarian law framework applicable to these companies, examining how they can be held to account and how victims can obtain remedies.

Mercenary troops (International law) --- Private military companies (International law) --- Humanitarian law --- International Law --- Law, Politics & Government --- Treaties, International --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- International law

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Police, Private. --- Private security services --- Mercenary troops. --- Security, International. --- Private military companies. --- Police privée --- Services privés de sécurité --- Mercenaires --- Sécurité internationale --- Sociétés militaires privées --- Law and legislation. --- Droit --- Police, Private --- Mercenary troops --- Security, International --- Private military companies --- Mercenary troops (International law) --- Law and legislation --- Mercenary troops (International law)Law and legislation --- Police privée --- Services privés de sécurité --- Sécurité internationale --- Sociétés militaires privées --- Private security services - Law and legislation

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The past two decades have witnessed the rapid proliferation of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in armed conflicts around the world, with PMSCs participating in, for example, offensive combat, prisoner interrogation and the provision of advice and training. The extensive outsourcing of military and security activities has challenged conventional conceptions of the state as the primary holder of coercive power and raised concerns about the reduction in state control over the use of violence. Hannah Tonkin critically analyses the international obligations on three key states - the hiring state, the home state and the host state of a PMSC - and identifies the circumstances in which PMSC misconduct may give rise to state responsibility. This analysis will facilitate the assessment of state responsibility in cases of PMSC misconduct and set standards to guide states in developing their domestic laws and policies on private security.

Firms and enterprises --- Polemology --- Combatants and noncombatants (International law) --- Mercenary troops --- Private military companies --- Private security services --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- Mercenary troops (International law) --- Private military companies (International law) --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Mercenary troops - Legal status, laws, etc --- Private military companies - Law and legislation --- Private security services - Law and legislation

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The past two decades have witnessed the rapid proliferation of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in armed conflicts around the world, with PMSCs participating in, for example, offensive combat, prisoner interrogation and the provision of advice and training. The extensive outsourcing of military and security activities has challenged conventional conceptions of the state as the primary holder of coercive power and raised concerns about the reduction in state control over the use of violence. Hannah Tonkin critically analyses the international obligations on three key states - the hiring state, the home state and the host state of a PMSC - and identifies the circumstances in which PMSC misconduct may give rise to state responsibility. This analysis will facilitate the assessment of state responsibility in cases of PMSC misconduct and set standards to guide states in developing their domestic laws and policies on private security.

Mercenary troops (International law) --- Mercenary troops --- Private military companies (International law) --- Private military companies --- Private security services --- International law --- Mercenaries (Soldiers) --- Troops, Mercenary --- Armies --- Non-state actors (International relations) --- Soldiers --- Foreign enlistment --- Private security companies --- Private security industry --- Protection services, Private --- Security companies, Private --- Security industry, Private --- Security services, Private --- Crime prevention --- Security systems --- Police, Private --- Security consultants --- Military companies, Private --- Military contractors, Private --- Military service providers --- PMCs (Private military companies) --- Private military contractors --- Contractors --- Defense contracts --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation. --- Combatants and noncombatants (International law) --- Noncombatants (International law) --- Armed Forces --- Belligerency --- Military law --- Law --- General and Others --- Mercenary troops - Legal status, laws, etc. --- Private military companies - Law and legislation --- Private security services - Law and legislation