HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. THE ROLE OF PRIVATE COMPANIES IN UNSTABLES ZONES

• Main Author: DANIEL SOTO MUÑOZ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estratégicos 2018-01-01
• Series: Política y Estrategia
• Subjects: Actores no estatales; conflicto armado; derechos humanos; derecho internacional humanitario; empresas militares y de seguridad privada; gobernabilidad frágil; mercenarios; seguridad internacional; zonas inestables; zona de conflicto
• Online Access: http://www.politicayestrategia.cl/index.php/rpye/article/view/140

This article states that human rights have evolved from an state’s responsibility focused on the safekeeping of the public sphere to a preoccupation to safeguard the private space. This essay develops the discussion about the relevance of an international regulation to certify of given entrepreneurial processes and how they could help stability and international peace. It points out that many private enterprises and companies related to security issues, make relevant investments in fragile governability or in undergoing armed conflict zones, and the fact that their intervention may foster or diminish conflicts. The war scenarios present the most complex problems due to the general complexity of observing the International Humanitarian Law, as well as for the difficulty to repair damages due to private companies actions. Finally the article summarize the juridical discussion around “mercenarism” and the dilemma set by the regulation or the prohibition of the private military and security enterprises.