Contrary to mercenaries, private military and security companies are transnational corporations legally registered which obtain contracts from governments, private firms, intergovernmental and non governmental organizations. In low intensity armed conflicts or post conflict situations such as Afghanistan and Iraq their employees, contracted as civilians but armed as military personnel, operate in "grey zones" as unlawful combatants without oversight or accountability, under murky legal restraints2 and often with immunity. ... This principle was reaffirmed by the United Nations Decl...

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The extension of labour rights as a form of human right is a fairly modern philosophical and legal exercise. According to Kolben, "a large and growing number of labor law and industrial relations scholars have argued that labor rights ought to be understood and conceptualized as fundamental human r...

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