Women, PMSCs and International Law

Vrdoljak, A

Women, PMSCs and International Law

Vrdoljak, A

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Gender and Private Security in Global Politics, 2015, 2015, pp. 187 - 207 (20)
Issue Date:: 2015-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Vrdoljak, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9723-4414	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Eichler, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Gender and Private Security in Global Politics, 2015, 2015, pp. 187 - 207 (20)	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-19-936438-1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/34322
dc.description.abstract	The failure of the law and regulators to adequately keep up with the rapid expansion and diversification in the use of PMSCs has had a significant impact for victims of human rights violations perpetrated by PMSCs and their employees generally, and for women and girls in particular. To explore these developments, this chapter is divided into two parts. Part One focuses on current initiatives at the international level to provide a regulatory framework for PMSCs and which encompass the obligations of states (and international organisations) in respect of international humanitarian law, human rights law and use of force. Part Two outlines the influence of civil society participation (including feminist academics, women’s NGOs and so forth) in breaking the ‘silence’ within international organisations and international law concerning violence against women and girls and its potential influence upon the regulation of PMSCs. Both parts serve to highlight evolving notions of force and violence, accountability and enforcement, and access to justice and reparations within international law today.	en_US
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dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Gender and Private Security in Global Politics	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations	en_US
dc.title	Women, PMSCs and International Law	en_US
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Abstract:

The failure of the law and regulators to adequately keep up with the rapid expansion and diversification in the use of PMSCs has had a significant impact for victims of human rights violations perpetrated by PMSCs and their employees generally, and for women and girls in particular. To explore these developments, this chapter is divided into two parts. Part One focuses on current initiatives at the international level to provide a regulatory framework for PMSCs and which encompass the obligations of states (and international organisations) in respect of international humanitarian law, human rights law and use of force. Part Two outlines the influence of civil society participation (including feminist academics, women’s NGOs and so forth) in breaking the ‘silence’ within international organisations and international law concerning violence against women and girls and its potential influence upon the regulation of PMSCs. Both parts serve to highlight evolving notions of force and violence, accountability and enforcement, and access to justice and reparations within international law today.

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