Articles by Jose L. Gomez del Prado
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The Privatization of War: Mercenaries, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC)
Jose L. Gomez del Prado - Global Research,
11 Mar 2013
Private military and security companies (PMSC) are the modern reincarnation of a long lineage of private providers of physical force: corsairs, privateers and mercenaries. Mercenaries, which had practically disappeared during the XIXth and XXth centuries, reappeared in the 1960’s during the decolonization period operating mainly in Africa and Asia. Under the United Nations a convention was adopted which outlaws and criminalizes their activities. Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions also contains a definition of mercenary.
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Jose L. Gomez del Prado – UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries,
15 Nov 2010
Beyond the WikiLeaks Files: The United Nation Human Rights Council, under the Universal Periodic Review, started on 5 November 2010 in Geneva, reviewing the human rights record of the United States. The following is an edited version of the presentation given by Jose L. Gomez del Prado in Geneva on 3 November 2010 at a parallel meeting at the UN Palais des Nations on that occasion.
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