Coalition of the Hired : Privatizing Peacekeeping in Africa, a Different Solultion?
(2011) MRSK30 20102Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- In Sierra Leone, civil war has affected the civilian population and the development of the country for long periods of time. In order to end the violence a number of military operations were conducted. This essay, dealing with internal and external regulatory instruments is used to put a case study of two operations in a larger context.
By developing efficient parameters and applying these to the case studies, a comparison of two of the operations, one conducted by Executive Outcomes, which is a private military company, and one conducted by a united nations peacekeeping force, UNAMSIL a discussion whether PMC operations should be used in future conflicts or even by the UN in its peacekeeping operations by answering my key question:
... (More) - In Sierra Leone, civil war has affected the civilian population and the development of the country for long periods of time. In order to end the violence a number of military operations were conducted. This essay, dealing with internal and external regulatory instruments is used to put a case study of two operations in a larger context.
By developing efficient parameters and applying these to the case studies, a comparison of two of the operations, one conducted by Executive Outcomes, which is a private military company, and one conducted by a united nations peacekeeping force, UNAMSIL a discussion whether PMC operations should be used in future conflicts or even by the UN in its peacekeeping operations by answering my key question:
When compared, which is the most effective security provider, and peacekeeper, Private Military Companies or UN peacekeeping forces? (Less)
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- author
- Andersson, Oscar LU
- supervisor
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- Olof Beckman LU
- organization
- course
- MRSK30 20102
- year
- 2011
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- PMC, Sierra Leone, Executive Outcomes, Peacekeeping solutions, Private Military Corporations, Efficiency Comparison
- language
- English
- id
- 1858348
- date added to LUP
- 2011-03-25 17:26:48
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:53
@misc{1858348, abstract = {{In Sierra Leone, civil war has affected the civilian population and the development of the country for long periods of time. In order to end the violence a number of military operations were conducted. This essay, dealing with internal and external regulatory instruments is used to put a case study of two operations in a larger context. By developing efficient parameters and applying these to the case studies, a comparison of two of the operations, one conducted by Executive Outcomes, which is a private military company, and one conducted by a united nations peacekeeping force, UNAMSIL a discussion whether PMC operations should be used in future conflicts or even by the UN in its peacekeeping operations by answering my key question: When compared, which is the most effective security provider, and peacekeeper, Private Military Companies or UN peacekeeping forces?}}, author = {{Andersson, Oscar}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Coalition of the Hired : Privatizing Peacekeeping in Africa, a Different Solultion?}}, year = {{2011}}, }