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Report

20 Oct 2015

Author:
Raymond Saner, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

"Private Military and Security Companies: Industry-Led Self-Regulatory Initiatives versus State-Led Containment Strategies"

PMSCs have played an important role in war making and related security activities, and will most likely play an even larger role in the coming years. This Working Paper discusses the tensions between the PMSC industry, their client governments and supportive NGOs vis-àvis other governments and NGOs that want to limit the use of PMSCs in order to ensure continued application and respect of IHL and human rights. The tensions between these two groups will be discussed in the subsequent sections. [refers to Academi, Aegis Defence Services, DynCorp Int., G4S, L-3 MPRI, Vinnell Corp., BAH, Garda World Securities, Prosegur, Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR)]