Privatization+of+the+Military

(1) TOPIC GUIDES
//Below you will find links to the topics that will be discussed in DISEC// [|Privatization of the Military.pdf]

(2) VIDEO GUIDES
Click [|here] to access //Iraq and Afghanistan Are Being Left to Mercenaries// Click [|here] to access //Sen. McCaskill: We've Wasted Billions Training Afghan Police// Click [|here] to access //Private Armies//

(3) LINKS TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
[|Amnesty International USA] [|Brookings Institution] [|International Committee of the Red Cross]

(4) PRIMARY SOURCES
[|The Montreux Document] [|1989 International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing, and Training of Mercenaries] [|1977 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions] [|DynCorp International] [|Life as a Military Contractor in Iraq]

(5) TAKE ACTION
[|The Commonwealth Institute of Cambridge] [|Human Rights Watch]

Afghanistan
To read about Afghanistan's decision to get rid of PMC's, click [|here] To read about the UN's use of private security in Afghanistan, click [|here]

Albania
To read about DynCorp's arms destruction operations in Albania, click [|here]

Angola
To read about Executive Outcomes, the firm hired by Angola in the 1990's, click [|here] To read a case study about the Angolan civil war and the use of PMC's, click [|here]

Belgium
To read about the 1989 Convention against the use of mercenaries, click [|here]

Bosnia and Herzegovina
To read about the role of PMC's in human trafficking in Bosnia, click [|here]

Brazil
To read about how private militias are taking over the role of the police in Brazil, click [|here]

Chile
To read about the case of Chilean private security contractors guarding the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, click [|here]

China
To read more about the Montreux Document, click [|here]

Colombia
To read about PMC's in Colombia's battle against drug cartels, click [|here] To read about the actions of a US PMC in Colombia, click [|here]

Cuba
To read about the 1989 Convention against the use of mercenaries, click [|here]

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
To read about the North Korean military, click [|here]

Democratic Republic of Congo
To read about the chaos in the DR Congo and private militias, click [|here] To read about the use of PMC's in protecting the DR Congo's national parks, click [|here]

France
To read more about the Montreux Document, click [|here] To see the website of SECOPEX, a French PMC, click [|here]

Germany
To read more about the Montreux Document, click [|here] To read about German PMC's, click [|here]

Haiti
To read about PMC's after the Haitian earthquake, click [|here]

Honduras
To read about the 1989 Convention against the use of mercenaries, click [|here]

India
To read about India's expanding private security industry, click [|here]

Iraq
To read a US Congressional report about PMC's in Iraq, click [|here] To read about PMC's profits in Iraq, click [|here] To read about the number of PMC personnel in Iraq, click [|here]

Israel
To read about Israeli use of PMC's, click [|here]

Japan
To read about an incident involving a private security firm in Japan and the minimal roles they play in Japanese politics, click [|here]

Jordan
To read about Jordan's involvement with PMC's, click [|here]

Lebanon
To read about PMC's in Lebanon, click [|here] To understand the background of the Lebanese Civil War, click [|here]

Libya
To read about the 1989 Convention against the use of mercenaries, click [|here] To read about possible use of mercenaries by Muammar Gaddafi's government, click [|here]

Mexico
To read about PMC's used by the Mexican Government, click [|here] To read about Mexico's drug wars, click [|here]

Myanmar
To read about political power of the Myanmar military, click [|here]

Netherlands
To read about the Dutch use of PMC's, click [|here]

Nigeria
To read about the huge private security sector in Nigeria, click [|here]

Pakistan
To read about joint US and Pakistani use of PMC's, click [|here]

Republic of Korea
To read a summary of a report regarding the highly regulated state of PMC's in South Korea, click [|here]

Russian Federation
To read about PMC's in Russia, click [|here] To see MiG Security Services, a Russian private security company, click [|here]

Serbia
To read about Serbian laws regarding PMC's and private security, click [|here]

Sierra Leone
To read about Executive Outcomes, the PMC hired by Sierra Leone in 1995, click [|here]

Somalia
To read about how Somalia dropped a contract with a PMC, click [|here] To read about a US PMC working in Somalia, click [|here]

South Africa
To read about the UN's concerns for South Africa's PMC industry, click [|here] To read a quick debate in the South African Parliament about PMC's in Iraq, click [|here] To read a copy of an Act passed by Parliament trying to regulate South African citizens who work as mercenaries, click [|here]

Sudan
To read about suggestions to deploy PMC's to Darfur, click [|here]

Switzerland
To read more about the Montreux Document, click [|here]

United Kingdom
To read more about the Montreux Document, click [|here] To read about the UK's private security companies, click [|here] To read about efforts in Scotland to regulate the PMC industry, click [|here]

United States
To read more about the Montreux Document, click [|here]

Yemen
To read about allegations of mercenary use of Somalians in Yemen, click [|here] To read about Yemen's private naval military contractors, click [|here]

Zimbabwe
To read about how PMC's are threatening the effectiveness of Zimbabwean security forces, click [|here]