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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
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
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
Third Committee Seventy-eighth Session, 42nd & 43rd Meetings (AM & PM) 30 October 2023
Meetings Coverage General Assembly Third Committee Seventy-eighth Session, 42nd & 43rd Meetings (AM & PM) GA/SHC/4394 30 October 2023 Third Committee Highlights Continued Bias against People of African Descent, Law Enforcement… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Predatory recruitment of mercenaries must end: UN experts
Press releases Special Procedures Predatory recruitment of mercenaries must end: UN experts 19 September 2023 Statements Statement at the conclusion of the 21st session of the UN Working Group on the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Recruitment, including predatory recruitment, of mercenaries and mercenary-related actors
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Angola: Foreign Minister Writes to UNSG Over Alleged Mercenaries Sent to Ukraine
Angola: Foreign Minister Writes to UNSG Over Alleged Mercenaries Sent to Ukraine Pixabay Ukraine Russia war soldiers conflict invasion 27 March 2023 Angola Press Agency (Luanda) Luanda — The minister of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Double Delegation: An Investigation of the UN Use of Private Security Contractors
Double Delegation: An Investigation of the UN Use of Private Security Contractors December 2022 Sky Kunkel View more Description Delegation and authority scholars in the principal-agent literature repeatedly identify the delegation… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners
Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners © UNOCHA/Matteo Minasi A house in Makariv, in Ukraine, destroyed as a result of war. 10 March 2023 Human Rights… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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