Mercenaries, Human Rights and Legality

Alex Vines

doi:10.2307/j.ctt18fs91v

Mercenaries, Human Rights and Legality

Alex Vines

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Abstract

Africa in the 1990s has seen a significant growth in the private security sector. This has been driven by increased perceptions of insecurity caused by terrorism, kidnapping, random acts of violence, urban unrest, increasing general crime, corporate crime and weakened and poorly resourced and trained state law enforcement agencies. The rapid expansion of this industry has given rise to many thousands of providers of security-related services and products worldwide. In South Africa alone there are 5,939 companies regulated by the Security Officers Board.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mercenaries: an African Security Dilemma
Editors	Abdel-Fatau Musah, J 'Kayode Fayemi
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Pluto Press
Chapter	6
Pages	169-198
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Print)	0745314767
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt18fs91v
Publication status	Published - 2000

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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