Monthly Archives: September 2013

ICoCA Launch Marks Significant Step to Improve Private Security Contractor Oversight

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2013/09/18/icoca-launch-marks-significant-step-to-improve-private-security-contractor-oversight/ Security Contractor Oversight CONTACT: Brenda Bowser-Soder, Human Rights First 202-370-3323 | BowserSoderB@humanrightsfirst.org ICoCA Launch Marks Significant Step to Improve Private Security Contractor Oversight For Immediate Release: September 18, 2013 Washington,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Searching for legitimacy – Private military and security companies (PMSCs) overcoming ingrained stereotypes

Security Journal (2013) 26, 280–293. Searching for legitimacy – Private military and security companies (PMSCs) overcoming ingrained stereotypes Kathrin Herbsta aBrunel University, Politics and History Department, School of Social Sciences and BCISS,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Charity slams conduct code for private military and security companies

Charity slams conduct code for private military and security companies 19 September 2013 The charity War on Want today branded as “a licence for abuse” a new voluntary code of conduct… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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DynCorp International Awarded Army Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE) Task Order to Provide Logistics Support Services at Fort Campbell Valued at up to $122 Million

Published: Friday, Sep. 20, 2013 / Updated: Friday, Sep. 20, 2013 09:05 AM DynCorp International Awarded Army Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE) Task Order to Provide Logistics Support Services at… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Watchdog Body Will Oversee Private Military Contractors

Watchdog Body Will Oversee Private Military Contractors Friday, September 20, 2013 – 01:48Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) – Member governments, security companies and civil society organisations on Thursday formally… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Privatization without Regulation The Human Rights Risks of Private Military and Security Companies (Pmscs) in Mexico

Privatization without Regulation  The Human Rights Risks of Private Military and Security Companies (Pmscs) in Mexico You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Vance AFB contractor gets $71.1 million contract modification

September 19, 2013 Vance AFB contractor gets $71.1 million contract modification Staff reports Enid News and Eagle ENID, Okla. — Earlier this week the Pentagon issued a contract modification worth $71.1… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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This Is How Private Prison Companies Make Millions Even When Crime Rates Fall

This Is How Private Prison Companies Make Millions Even When Crime Rates Fall —By Andy Kroll Thu Sep. 19, 2013 10:43 AM PDT CCA.com We are living in boom times for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Note: Criminal Liability of Civilian Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

Stanford Journal of International Law Summer, 2013 49 Stan. J Int’l L. 491 Note: Criminal Liability of Civilian Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan Ingrid L. Price* BIO: * J.D., Stanford Law… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Due Process by Proxy: United States v. Brehm and the Problem of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Foreign Nationals*

North Carolina Law Review May, 2013 91 N.C.L. Rev. 1463 RECENT DEVELOPMENT: Due Process by Proxy: United States v. Brehm and the Problem of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Foreign Nationals* * ©… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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