THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND THE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY IMPUTATION TO EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES
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International Criminal Court, Private Military Companies, International Humanitarian LawAbstract
This article seeks to understand the relation between Private Military Companies and the International Criminal Court, part of the Human Rights Protection International System. It is based on the potential consequences of disrespecting the laws of war by PMCs` employees. The constitution of the ICC will be studied, as long as the structure of the Human Rights Protection System in order to demonstrate the existence of the possibility for this type of trial. However, even though violations by PMCs` employees have already occurred, none of the involved people were ever judged. This is because the System`s structure, which makes it difficult for the ICC to do so, as well as PMCs` own internal structure, which makes it difficult identify the responsible parts. There is then a strong need to change this scenario so that the possibility of judging PMCs` employees does not remain only in the legal sphere.
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