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How can the international community hold private military and security companies accountable?
How can the international community hold private military and security companies accountable? 27-07-2026 Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share on Twitter Gone are the days when private military and security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find
United Nations experts have found that Boeing 727s linked by Reuters to a U.S. military contractor’s business network transported mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, according to a draft U.N. report due to be published in September. Continue reading
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Kaine & Booker Request Update regarding United Nations gang suppression Force in Haiti
Kaine & Booker Request Update regarding United Nations gang suppression Force in Haiti Targeted News Service June 5, 2026 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations Use of Private Military and Security Companies From Norm Entrepreneurship to Organized Hypocrisy
The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations Use of Private Military and Security Companies From Norm Entrepreneurship to Organized Hypocrisy Oldrich Bures & Eugenio Cusumano (2021) International Peacekeeping 26:4 579-605 Published online… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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RUSI Expert Concludes UN Mission to Colombia on Mercenary Recruitment
RUSI Expert Concludes UN Mission to Colombia on Mercenary Recruitment Dr Joana de Deus Pereira 1 April 20263 Minute Read Dr Joana de Deus Pereira, RUSI Senior Research Fellow and Independent… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private: military and security companies in the exploitation of natural resources
United Nations A/HRC/60/27 General Assembly Distr: General August 19, 2025 Original: English Human Rights Council Sixtieth session 8 September–3 October 2025 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Colombia: UN experts welcome anti-mercenary law
Colombia: UN experts welcome anti-mercenary law April 2, 2026 Jurist UN experts on March 27 welcomed Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s ratification of the 1989 International Convention against Recruitment, Use, Financing & Training… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Special Forces commando at heart of $1.5M-a-month mercenary killing unit funded by royal family: Suit
Special Forces commando at heart of $1.5M-a-month mercenary killing unit funded by royal family: Suit By Jeremy Louwerse Published April 2, 2026, 7:52 p.m. ET A former Special Forces commando made… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Submission of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, to the United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries
Submission of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, to the United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries You must be logged in to view this content. Click here … Continue reading
Libya fueled war in Sudan with Colombian mercenaries and equipment, UN report finds
Libya fueled war in Sudan with Colombian mercenaries and equipment, UN report finds Children play pool in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Copyright… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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