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Around the world there are numerous violent conflicts where human rights are under attack on a daily basis. These conflicts vary in intensity, scale and geographic location, ranging from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan, to Iraq and Indonesia. People are under threat of death, physical harm, famine, rape, health risks and becoming internally displaced people/refugees. Ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity and genocide are still being committed more than 50 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How can large-scale human rights violations in places such as Darfur be stopped? How can security be restored and human rights protection be guaranteed? The global fight against poverty is one way, but action in this regard can often be summed up as ‘too little, too late’.
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- Corporate Social Responsibility
- International Criminal Court
- Domestic Legislation
- Private Contractor
- Peace Operation
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Grofe, J. (2007). Human Rights and Private Military Companies: A Double-Edged Sword too Dangerous to Use?. In: Jäger, T., Kümmel, G. (eds) Private Military and Security Companies. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90313-2_15
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