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UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries highlights gendered human rights impacts of private military and security companies
Author: UN Human Rights Council (Geneva)
"Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination", 29 July 2019...
UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries highlights the human rights impacts of the relationship between PMSCs and the extractive sector
Author: UN Human Rights Council (Geneva)
"Relationship between private military and security companies and the extractive industry from a human rights perspective. Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right...
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Canada's UN mission's "role" in Mali sounds much more like modern colonialism than peacekeeping says expert
Author: Scott Taylor, The Chronicle Herald (United Kingdom)
"On target: Canada’s mission in Mali: modern colonialism", 15 October 2018...
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10 principles for respecting human rights during reconstruction efforts in Syria
Author: Nadia Bernaz, Michael Bothe, Christine Chinkin, John Dugard SC, Jared Genser, Pablo de Greiff, Geoff Gilbert, Nicola Jägers, Wayne Jordash QC, Sabine Michalowski, Justice Charles Mkandawire, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Stanley Nyamanhindi, Navi Pillay, Nelson Camilo Sánchez, Stephen Rapp, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Clara Sandoval, Ben Saul, Carsten Stahn, David Tolbert, Arnold Tsunga, Rodrigo Uprimny, Tara Van Ho, Jens Vedsted-Hansen
"Statement of eminent jurists on legal obligations when supporting reconstruction in Syria", 24 September 2018...
Briefing calls on UK Govt to support UN database listing biz involved in settlement-related activities in Palestine
Africa: A study highlights challenges related to PMSCs operating in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal
Author: Alan Bryden (Ed.), DCAF, Geneva (Switzerland)
"The Privatisation of Security in Africa: Challenges and Lessons from Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal", 2016...
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Author: Alan Bryden, Directeur de publication, DCAF, Genève (Suisse)
"La privatisation de la sécurité en Afrique - Défis et enseignements de la Côted'Ivoire, du Mali et du Sénégal", 2016...
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