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Lawyers for Standing Rock’s Red Fawn File Final Motion for Discovery Evidence

Lawyers for Standing Rock’s Red Fawn File Final Motion for Discovery Evidence By Sam Oser – December 30, 2017 Lawyers for Red Fawn Fallis, the Standing Rock water protector arrested over… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The politics of international law: the life cycle of emerging norms on the use and regulation of private military and security companies

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Private Military and Security Companies or Mercenaries? Bringing Law Back Into the Discussion

Private Military and Security Companies or Mercenaries? Bringing Law Back Into the Discussion October 30, 2017 / Frauke Renz Source: U.S. Department of Defense. In late May 2017, Erik Prince, former Navy SEAL… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Combatting the legal side effects of privatized war

Combatting the legal side effects of privatized war What has been achieved, and what still needs to be done in international legal scholarship on Private Military and Security Companies Mirko Sossai—… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Use of PMSCs by the United Nations in Times of Armed Conflict, Application of IHL and Responsibility Matters

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Federal court denies DynCorp protest of $10B State Department contract

Federal court denies DynCorp protest of $10B State Department contract Enlarge A federal court has upheld a State Department award of a $10 billion contract to AAR Airlift, dealing a blow… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Dakota Access Pipeline Company Paid Mercenaries to Build Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Environmentalists

Dakota Access Pipeline Company Paid Mercenaries to Build Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Environmentalists   Alleen Brown, Will Parrish, Alice Speri November 15 2017, 1:34 p.m. Oil and Water The private security firm TigerSwan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. v. DynCORP INTERNATIONAL LLC, Dist. Court, ED Virginia 2016

  NORHTROP GRUMMAN TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, v. DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL LLC, Defendant. No. 1:16cv534 (JCC/IDD).United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.June 6, 2016. MEMORANDUM OPINION JAMES C. CACHERIS, District Judge.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Public International Law and Human Rights Violations by Private Military and Security Companies

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The Ineffectiveness of the Current Definition of a “Mercenary” in International Humanitarian and Criminal Law

The Ineffectiveness of the Current Definition of a “Mercenary” in International Humanitarian and Criminal Law   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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