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Turkey prevents UN visit to hide its use of mercenaries in armed conflicts

Turkey prevents UN visit to hide its use of mercenaries in armed conflicts January 3, 2024 A A Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has refused to permit the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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End-of-mission statement by Sorcha MacLeod and Carlos Salazar Couto, members of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries and private military and security companies on their visit to the Hellenic Republic

End-of-mission statement by Sorcha MacLeod and Carlos Salazar Couto, members of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries and private military and security companies on their visit to the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution on the Use of Mercenaries

Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution on the Use of Mercenaries Home | | Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution on the Use of Mercenaries Eric Merron… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Third Committee Seventy-eighth Session, 42nd & 43rd Meetings (AM & PM) 30 October 2023

Meetings Coverage General Assembly Third Committee Seventy-eighth Session, 42nd & 43rd Meetings (AM & PM) GA/SHC/4394 30 October 2023 Third Committee Highlights Continued Bias against People of African Descent, Law Enforcement… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Predatory recruitment of mercenaries must end: UN experts

Press releases Special Procedures Predatory recruitment of mercenaries must end: UN experts 19 September 2023 Statements Statement at the conclusion of the 21st session of the UN Working Group on the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Recruitment, including predatory recruitment, of mercenaries and mercenary-related actors

A/HRC/54/29: Recruitment, including predatory recruitment, of mercenaries and mercenary-related actors You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Angola: Foreign Minister Writes to UNSG Over Alleged Mercenaries Sent to Ukraine

Angola: Foreign Minister Writes to UNSG Over Alleged Mercenaries Sent to Ukraine Pixabay Ukraine Russia war soldiers conflict invasion 27 March 2023 Angola Press Agency (Luanda) Luanda — The minister of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Double Delegation: An Investigation of the UN Use of Private Security Contractors

Double Delegation: An Investigation of the UN Use of Private Security Contractors December 2022 Sky Kunkel View more Description Delegation and authority scholars in the principal-agent literature repeatedly identify the delegation… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners

Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners © UNOCHA/Matteo Minasi A house in Makariv, in Ukraine, destroyed as a result of war. 10 March 2023 Human Rights… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Armenia: UN experts on use of mercenaries commend domestic legal framework, urge greater oversight

Armenia: UN experts on use of mercenaries commend domestic legal framework, urge greater oversight 27 February 2023 Armenian Version(PDF) Share Related Statements Statement at the conclusion of the 21st session of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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