War by contract : human rights, humanitarian law, and private contractors / edited by Francesco Francioni, Natalino Ronzitti.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [490]-506) and index.

Policy prospects for regulating private military security companies / Eugenio Cusumano -- Use of private contractors in the fight against piracy : policy options / Natalino Ronzitti -- Role of human rights in the regulation of private military and security companies / Frederico Lenzerini and Francesco Francioni -- Impact of the EU human rights system on operations of private military and security companies / Ieva Kalnina and Ugis Zeltins -- Role of the home state in ensuring compliance with human rights by private military contractors / Francesco Francioni -- Positive human rights obligations of the hiring state in connection with the provision of coercive services by a private military or security company / Carsten Hoppe -- Duties to prevent, investigate, and redress human rights violations by private military and security companies : the role / Christine Bakker -- Adjudicating human rights violations committed by private contractors in conflict situations before the European Court of Human Rights / Giulia Pinzauti -- Right to life and self-defence of private military and security contractors in armed conflict / Guido den Dekker and Eric PJ Myjer -- Status of private military and security company personnel in the law of international armed conflict / Mirko Sossai -- Private military and security contractors as 'persons who accompany the armed forces' / Giulio Bartolini -- Private military and security companies in non-international armed conflicts : ius ad bellum and ius in bello issues / Luisa Vierucci -- Children's rights : the potential impact of private military and security companies / Christine Bakker and Susanna Greijer -- Women and private military and security companies / Ana Filipa Vrdoljak -- Private military and security companies and the EU's crisis management : perspectives under human rights and international humanitarian law / Valentina Falco -- Old concepts and new challenges : are private contractors the mercanaries of the twenty-first century? / Marina Mancini, Faustin Z. Ntoubandt and Thilo Marauhm -- Role of international regulatory initiatives on business and human rights for holding private military and security contractors to account / Sorcha MacLeod -- Codes of conduct for private military and security companies : the state of self-regulation in the industry / Carsten Hoppe and Ottavio Quirico -- Institutional responsibility for private military and security companies / Nigel D. White -- State responsibility for conduct of private military and security companies violating ius ad bellum / Charlotte Beaucillon, Julian Fernandez, Hâelene Raspail -- Criminal responsibility of private military and security company personnel under international humanitarian law / Ottavio Quirico -- Immunity for private military contractors : legal hurdles or political snags? / Micaela Frulli -- Liability in tort or private military and security companies : jurisdictional issues and applicable law / Andrea Atteritano.