The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention

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dc.contributor.advisorNakhjavani, Salim
dc.contributor.authorDaniels, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-22T12:30:52Z
dc.date.available2026-05-22T12:30:52Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2026-05-22T12:25:14Z
dc.description.abstractThis chapter will discuss different attempts made by various authors to categorize or subdivide actors in the private military sector and point out why these distinctions are problematic. It further seeks to provide for a definition of private military companies that is workable under international humanitarian law. It does so while at the same time recognizing that the purpose of international humanitarian law is to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not, or are no longer, participating in the hostilities and by restricting the means and methods of warfare. It is clear that private military companies offer services of a sophisticated nature and of a wide range, that there is an apparent wide demand for their services from a host of actors and that their operations are often transnational22. However, because of a lack of universally agreed upon definitions, understanding and defining private military is a daunting task.
dc.identifier.apacitationDaniels, C. (2015). <i>The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43279en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDaniels, Caroline. <i>"The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43279en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDaniels, C. 2015. The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43279en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Daniels, Caroline AB - This chapter will discuss different attempts made by various authors to categorize or subdivide actors in the private military sector and point out why these distinctions are problematic. It further seeks to provide for a definition of private military companies that is workable under international humanitarian law. It does so while at the same time recognizing that the purpose of international humanitarian law is to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not, or are no longer, participating in the hostilities and by restricting the means and methods of warfare. It is clear that private military companies offer services of a sophisticated nature and of a wide range, that there is an apparent wide demand for their services from a host of actors and that their operations are often transnational22. However, because of a lack of universally agreed upon definitions, understanding and defining private military is a daunting task. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Military companies KW - international humanitarian law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention TI - The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43279 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/43279
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDaniels C. The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43279en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Law and Society
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectMilitary companies
dc.subjectinternational humanitarian law
dc.titleThe status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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