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    Transforming Accountability: A Proposal for Reconsidering How Human Rights Obligations are Applied to Private Military Security Firms

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    Transforming Accountability: A Proposal for Reconsidering How Human Rights Obligations are Applied to Private Military Security Firms Lauren Groth University of California, Berkeley – School of Law 2012 35:1 Hastings International… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation

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    Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation Dutton, Yvonne M. “Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation.” The Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs 2011-2013. Springer Berlin Heidelberg,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    U.S. Cuts back its Watchdogs after Billions Lost and Billions More to be spent on Escalating Afghanistan War

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    U.S. Cuts back its Watchdogs after Billions Lost and Billions More to be spent on Escalating Afghanistan War Monday, May 04, 2015 John Sopko in Afghanistan (photo: SIGAR) The Obama administration… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    McCaskill, Portman Raise Oversight Concerns Over $90 Million in Equipment Contracts at U.S. Ports of Entry

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    United States Senate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 30, 2015 Contact: Sarah Feldman (McCaskill): 202-228-6263 Caitlin Conant (Portman): 202-224-5190 McCaskill, Portman Raise Oversight Concerns Over $90 Million in Equipment Contracts at U.S.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Regulating private security sector in post conflict environments: why are we avoiding an elephant in the room?

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    Regulating private security sector in post conflict environments: why are we avoiding an elephant in the room? Ranito, Jovana Jezdimirovic You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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    Absence of Justice: Private Military Contractors, Sexual Assault, and the US Government’s Policy of Indifference, The

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    Absence of Justice: Private Military Contractors, Sexual Assault, and the US Government’s Policy of Indifference Snell, Angela U. Ill. L. Rev. (2011): 1125 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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    Inherently Governmental Functions: A Bright Line Rule Obscured by the Fog of War

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     June 30, 2014 Inherently Governmental Functions: A Bright Line Rule Obscured by the Fog of War By Roberts, Jess B Proquest LLC “The ‘fog of war’ still requires a direct line… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Are State Department Contractors Shortchanging Whistleblowers?

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    Are State Department Contractors Shortchanging Whistleblowers? By Charles S. Clark April 7, 2015 Lightspring / Shutterstock.com A review of 30 top State Department contractors found that they have ethics codes for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    G4S had recruitment ‘failings’

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    G4S had recruitment ‘failings’ Date published: 08 April 2015 ArmorGroup, the security firm which hired Danny Fitzsimons who shot dead two colleagues, had “systemic failings” in its recruitment process, its former… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Statement of the Chair of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries for the 4th session of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international regulatory framework on the regulation, monitoring and oversight of the activities of private military and security companies

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    Statement of the Chair of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries for the 4th session of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group to consider the possibility of elaborating an international… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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