International Responsibility Private Security Companies in Violations to international law

Abstract

Abounded in recent years, the phenomenon of the state contracted with private security companies, to carry out it was only natural that performed by the security services to these countries. Where the bulk of these contracts in relation to the functions of the beginning of the administrative or logistical support, which led to the involvement of these companies in the performance of security functions in situations of armed conflict. This includes engaging the protection of personnel, equipment and military installations, and training of the armed forces and the security forces and provide advice, and maintenance of weapons systems, and interrogate suspects or prisoners, gather intelligence, and even participate in combat operations. These tasks are in fact at the heart of military operations.It is the emergence of private security companies, and the growing role in contemporary armed conflicts, and the work of flagrant violations of the rules of international humanitarian law and that our country was Iraq, the scene of the largest and most violent and murderous, and raises problems at the strategic, security, legal, sparking in ourselves cravings in an attempt explore in greater depth the subject, and eating lesson and analysis. This is based on the analytical and practical approaches.The State bears international responsibility soon as there is an illegal act according to international law attributed to it, on condition that the presence of mind or reason decide the legality of this action. However, the legal nature of the State's responsibility for the actions of employees of security companies may be directly when referring the actions of employees of these companies need, or indirectly based on the standard of due diligence by the State concerned and as required by the first article common to the Geneva Conventions when not to refer the actions of the staff of this Enterprises need.