Overview
- Presents case studies from Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Highlights crucial legal and regulatory issues affecting PMCs
- Provides information on the operation of PMCs within international law
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)
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This work will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as those involved in the field of criminal law and human rights law, as well as political science. It will also be of interest for policy makers, legislators and others working in international law and diplomacy.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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From Workers to Victims: Human Trafficking and Forced Labor of Third Country Nationals by U.S. Government Contractor KBR, Inc. in Iraq
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From Peacekeepers to Perpetrators: Case Study of Private Contractor DynCorp and Their Complicity in Sex Trafficking in Post-War Bosnia
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Resy Vermeltfoort holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Political Science and graduated from the M.Sc. program International Crimes and Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. She worked as a Human Rights and Advocacy Officer at Refugee Law Project, a community outreach project of the School of Law, Makerere University, Uganda. During her time with Refugee Law Project her thematic areas of focus were transitional justice and gender-based violence against men and boys during conflict. Resy currently works on the topics of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, Vietnam.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: U.S. Government Contractors and Human Trafficking
Book Subtitle: Two Case Studies of Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Authors: Celline Cole, Resy Vermeltfoort
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70827-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70826-3Published: 04 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70827-0Published: 23 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2192-8533
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 118
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Trafficking, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict