IRRC No. 863

The global reorganization of legitimate violence: military entrepreneurs and the private face of international humanitarian law

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By examining historical changes in the role and legal treatment of military entrepreneurs, the author sheds light on the contemporary ''resurfacing'' of privately organized violence in the form of private military companies, and its broader implications for international humanitarian law.

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