Abstract
This chapter deals with a topical subject, namely the issue of regulating private military and security companies (PMSCs). There are three ways of regulating PMSCs- through international norms, self-regulation and national norms. The chapter begins by sketching out the legal problems involved in drafting a treaty to regulate PMSCs. These are considerable, and no such treaty has yet been adopted for signature, although a UN working group discussing the issue of mercenaries produced the draft of a treaty designed to regulate PMSCs in 2010. Instead of a treaty, an innovative and intricate system of self-regulation has come into being since 2010, linking states, PMSCs, corporate customers and NGOs. The chapter examines developments in national (Swedish) legal regulation in one particular aspect of PMSCs' work, and something of particular relevance to one of Said's research interests, namely maritime security. Keywords: national (Swedish) legal regulation; NGOs; private military and security companies (PMSCs); Said Mahmoudi; soft law norms; UN working group
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