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Tag Archives: United Nations
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
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
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
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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Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners
UN News Global perspective Human stories 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… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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