Are Private Military Companies Exempted From Geneva Conventions?
►http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/257-pmscs-risks-misconduct/52093-are-private-military-companies-exempted-from-geneva-conventions.
By Richard Rousseau
Diplomatic Courrier
November 23, 2012❞
❝This article sheds light on the legal consequences of the increasing presence of private military and security companies on battlefields and their direct participation in hostilities. There is no legal vacuum surrounding the increasing presence of PMSCs on battlefields: states are responsible for the conduct of PMSCs which therefore become subject to international humanitarian law. The major concern is in fact “the status, rights, and obligations of PMC employees” in the respective domestic legal frameworks of these countries: PMSCs “often enjoy immunity in the countries where they operate, and their prosecution in their home countries is still not as well-regulated as prosecution involving members of regular armed forces.”