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    Submission to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries

    Submission to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries Date Published April 8, 2026 Topics Ron Deibert Sarah McKune The Citizen Lab submitted recommendations to the UN Working Group… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    UN estimates over 10,000 Colombians have been recruited as mercenaries in foreign wars

    UN estimates over 10,000 Colombians have been recruited as mercenaries in foreign wars 27 March 2026 FacebookXLinkedInBlueskyWhatsAppShare Bogotá, March 27 (EFE).- The United Nations Working Group on Mercenaries warned on Friday… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Call For Papers From The UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on The Use of Mercenaries

    Call For Papers From The UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on The Use of Mercenaries by SWJ Staff 12.12.2025 at 02:37am Go to this link to see the UN Human… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security companies in the exploitation of natural resources

    Role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security  ompanies in the exploitation of natural resources You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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    RUSI Fellow Appointed to UN Working Group on Use of Mercenaries

    RUSI Fellow Appointed to UN Working Group on Use of Mercenaries 18 July 2024   3 Minute Read Doctor Joana de Deus Pereira, a Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, has been appointed… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    UN Human Right Committee condemns Australia offshore detention policy

    14 JAN 25 UN Human Right Committee condemns Australia offshore detention policy The ASRC welcomes the landmark decisions by the UN Human Rights Committee that Australia is responsible for the arbitrary… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Cyprus: Experts commend regulations on private security companies in maritime sector, urge stronger efforts for land-based companies

    Press releases Special Procedures Cyprus: Experts commend regulations on private security companies in maritime sector, urge stronger efforts for land-based companies 24 January 2025 Press releases Combating illicit financing of mercenaries… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Turkey prevents UN visit to hide its use of mercenaries in armed conflicts

    Turkey prevents UN visit to hide its use of mercenaries in armed conflicts January 3, 2024 A A Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has refused to permit the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    End-of-mission statement by Sorcha MacLeod and Carlos Salazar Couto, members of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries and private military and security companies on their visit to the Hellenic Republic

    End-of-mission statement by Sorcha MacLeod and Carlos Salazar Couto, members of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries and private military and security companies on their visit to the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution on the Use of Mercenaries

    Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution on the Use of Mercenaries Home | | Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution on the Use of Mercenaries Eric Merron… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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