Regulation Of International Law To Private Military And Security Company

Private military and security company is divided into private military company and private security company, The former is mainly responsible for providing information, logistics, interrogation of prisoners,training or direct combat in areas of armed conflict,the latter focus on the protection of important people, enterprises and critical facilities in danger areas.Military experts Peter Singer believe that"Private military and security companies are driven by profit organization, they sell the war-related professional services.The company specializes in military technology, including tactical military operations,strategic planning,intelligence gathering and analysis,military operation support,military training and military-technical assistance". According to the Iraqi Interior Ministry estimates that the average week,12 civilians was killed by private military and security company employee.Private military and security company caused a lot of violence incident, the multi-dimensional activities caused a lot of legal issues,such as the status and responsiblity of corporation and its employee,how the national and international laws to regulate them and state responsibility triggered.Private military and security company is developing rapidly, to regulate this new industry is imminent.The regulatory of international norms on private military and security company is limited,the first problem is the identification of employee.Second,there are loopholes in international law to identify the responsiblity of corporation,its employee and the countries.As the beginning for international community to regulate the corporation,Montreux Document summary of the relevant provisions of international law,make good practice for countries and corporation.Although the document is not binding,it proposed useful ideas,the future of the industry will have a profound impact, the international community is looking forward to see the Montreux Document turn to international convention.Many articles are workable,but there are some omissions,for example,put aside the issue of jurisdiction.As inter-State conflict of interest, lack of leadership of international organizations,the process of Document turn to international convention also encountered many difficulties,comprehensive study of these problems can pave the way for the emerge of international convention to regulate the corporation.