1. Mercenaries and Private Military Companies
Humanitarian assistance risks becoming associated with an intervening armed force represented by private military and security guards. ... In this regards, it must be noted that the International Convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries was adopted in 1989, after ten years of negotiations, and that it only entered into force in 2001. ... Mercenary Activities in International Law - Customary Law and the United Nations Legal measures to fight mercenary activities find its source in laws adopted at the end of the XIX century regarding the obligation to respec...
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