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Executive Outcomes is a private military company (PMC) founded in South Africa in 1989 by Eeben Barlow, a former lieutenant-colonel of the South African Defence Force. It later became part of the South African-based holding company Strategic Resource Corporation. [2] The company was reestablished in 2020. [3]
Oct 3, 2023 · Today’s mercenaries represent a modern resurgence of a historical trend rooted in ancient times. The prevailing belief that full-scale wars between sovereign nation-states had become relics of a bygone era in the 21st century has been widely held. However, this perception was shattered by events like the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq ...
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Mar 6, 2021 · Executive Outcomes, a South Africa mercenary company, changed the entire field in the business of mercenaries and how they operateCreating a business model t...
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Apr 28, 2022 · United Nations experts have alleged the involvement of these mercenaries in “human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, summary executions, indiscriminate killings, and sexual ...
Sep 21, 2021 · Morning, 21 September 2021. Presentation of Report. JELENA APARAC, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the right of peoples to self-determination, presented the thematic report of the Working Group which highlighted the role of private military and security companies in humanitarian action.
Feb 7, 2019 · Mercenaries were used throughout the decolonization period and Cold War, starting in the 1960s in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). There, Irish troops part of the first UN peacekeeping operation with a significant military force, ONUC, held the Siege of Jadotville against Katanga militias led by the infamous Bob Denard.
Sep 20, 2022 · Human rights violations committed by mercenaries and private security companies create grave challenges for victims seeking justice and redress, UN-appointed independent human rights experts warned on Tuesday. Presenting its new report to the Human Rights Council 51st session, the Working Group on the use of mercenaries said that this was due ...
