- Private Military Companies: Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations. Andrew Alexandra, Marina Caparini and Deane-Peter Baker (eds.) DCAF, 2008.
- Domestic Regulation: Licensing Regimes for the Export of Military Goods and Services. Marina Caparini, 2007. In: Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt (eds.) "From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies."
- Overview of National Regulatory Systems for the Commercial Export of Military and Security Services: The United States and South Africa. (forthcoming) Marina Caparini. In: Proceedings of the Bruges Colloquium: Private Military/Security Companies Operating in Situations of Armed Conflict.
- Private Military Companies. DCAF Backgrounder, 2006.
- Regulating Private Security Companies in Europe, (Draft). Hans Born, Marina Caparini and Eden Cole, DCAF, 2006
- Private Actors and Security Governance. Alan Bryden and Marina Caparini (eds), DCAF, 2006.
- Privatising Security: Law, Practice and Governance of Private Military and Security Companies. Fred Schreier and Marina Caparini, DCAF, 2005
- Messiahs or Mercenaries? The Future of International Private Military Services. Doug Brooks, International Peacekeeping, Issue 7/4 Winter 2000
- Reconsidering Battlefield Contractors. Doug Brooks and Jim Shevlin, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Summer/Fall 2005
- The Business End of Military Intelligence: Private Military Companies. Doug Brooks, Military Intelligence 25, 42-46 July-September 1999
- Don’t Kill the Cavalry: Rational Regulation for PMCs. Doug Brooks, 44rth Annual ISA Convention, Portland (OR), February-March, 2003
- A private Military. Doug Brooks, The New York Times, 15 May 2002
- A new twist on a long Military Tradition. Doug Brooks, Boston Globe, 19 October 2003
- Write a Cheque, End a War. Doug Brooks, Conflict Trends, n°6, July 2000
- Help For Beleaguered Peacekeepers. Doug Brooks, Washington Post, 2 June 2003
- Forum: the dogs of peace. Doug Brooks, Post-Gazette, 7 March 1999
- Why Mercenaries Matter in Africa. Doug Brooks, Africa Analysis, 23 March 2001
- Hope for the “Hopeless Continent”: Mercenaries, Traders. Doug Brooks, Journal for the Southern African Region, 3, July-October 2000
- Private Militaries: Myths and Missions. Doug Brooks, Presentation for ‘Security for a New Century: 107th Congress’, 13 April 2001
- Private military service providers: Africa’s welcome pariahs. Doug Brooks, Nouveaux Mondes, No 10 – Printemps 2002
- Ruthless humanitarianism: why marginalizing private peacekeeping kills people . Doug Brooks and Matan Chorev, 2008. In:"Private Military and Security Companies: Ethics, Policies and Civil Military Relations", Routledge, 2008
- Protecting People: the PMC Potential . Doug Brooks, Working Paper, IPOA, 2002
- Creating the Renaissance Peace: The utilisation of private companies for peacekeeping and peace enforcement activities in Africa. Doug Brooks, Africa Institute of South Africa, June 2000
- Security Sector Reform in Iraq: Enhancing the Role of the Private Sector. Doug Brooks, Testimony of the International Peace Operations Association. 25 April 2007
- Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Actors. Andrew Clapham, Oxford University Press, 2006
- Human Rights in the Private Sphere. Andrew Clapham, Clarendon Paperbacks, Oxford University Press, 1993
- Human rights obligations of non-state actors in conflict situations. Andrew Clapham. International Review of the Red Cross vol. 88 no. 863 (2006) 491-523
- African security systems: Privatisation and the scope for mercenary activity. Andrew Clapham. In: G. Mills and J. Stremlau (eds), "The privatisation of security in Africa" Johannesburg, South African Institute of International Affairs, 1999
- The complexity of international criminal law: Looking beyond individual responsibility to the responsibility of organizations, corporations and states. Andrew Clapham. In: R. Thakur and P. Malcontent (eds) " From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability: The Search for Justice in a World of States", Tokyo, United Nations University Press (2004) 233-52
- Corporate Complicity in Violations of International law: Beyond Unocal. Andrew Clapham. In: W.P. Heere (ed), "From Government to Governance: The Growing Impact of Non-State Actors on the International and European Legal System", The Hague: TMC Asser Press (2004) 227-238
- State responsibility, corporate responsibility, and complicity in human rights violations. Andrew Clapham. In: L. Boman-Larsen and O. Wiggen (eds), " Responsibility in World Business: Managing Harmful Side-effects of Corporate Activity", Tokyo: UN University Press (2004) 50-81
- Categories of Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses. Andrew Clapham and Scott Jerbi. Hastings International & Company Law Review, No 339, 2000-2001
- The Ralph Bunche Centennial: Peace Operations then and Now. Cockayne, James and Malone, David. Global Governance, Vol. 11, pp. 331-350, 2005 Available at SSRN:
- Transnational Security Challenges and the United Nations: Overcoming Sovereign Walls and Institutional Silos. James Cockayne, Coping with Crisis Working Paper Series, International Peace Institute, 2008
- The Global Reorganization of Legitimate Violence: Military Entrepreneurs And the Private Face of International Humanitarian Law. James Cockayne, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 88, No. 863, September 2006
- Commercial Security in Humanitarian and Post-Conflict Settings: An Exploratory Study. James Cockayne, International Peace Institute, Working Paper Series, 2006
- Minimal Investments, Minimal Results: The Failure of Security Policy in Afghanistan. Kevin Lanigan, Michael Bhatia and Philip Wilkinson, AREU Briefing Paper, June 2004
- The Increasing Role of Private Military and Security Companies. Alyson Bailes, Caroline Holmqvist,Policy Department External Policies, European Parliament, Brussels,2007
- Business and Security: Public-Private sector relationship in a new security environment. Alyson Bailes (Editor), Isabel Frommelt (Ediotr), Oxford University Press, 2004
- EU Must Regulate Private Security Firms. Alyson Bailes and Caroline Holmqvist, European Voice, 22-28 September 2005.
- The Business of Security. Alyson Bailes, Axess magazine Vol. 3, No. 6, 2004.
- Europe and the challenge of private military and security companies. Speaking notes for Alyson Bailes, University of Iceland European parliament security and defence sub-committee, Brussels 5 may 2008
- State Responsibility for violations of International Humanitarian Law. Marco Sassoli. International Review of the Red Cross 84 (2002) 846.
- La responsabilité internationale de l’État face à la mondialisation, la déréglementation et al privatisation : quelques réflexions. Marco Sassoli. In: Delas and Deblock (ed.), " Le bien commun comme réponse à la mondialisation", Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2003, pp. 303-325.
- Transnational Armed Groups and International Humanitarian Law. Marco Sassoli. Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University, Occasional Paper Series, , Nr. 6, 45 pp., Winter 2006
- How Does Law Protect in War? , Marco Sassoli, 2nd ed., Geneva, ICRC, 2006, Vol. I, Outline of International Humanitarian Law, Possible Teaching Outlines, Vol. II, Cases and Documents, 2473 pp.
- The Regulation of the Private Security Industry and the Future of the Market. Andrew Bearpark and Dr. Sabrina Schulz. In: " From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies", Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2008
- The Private Security challenge in Africa: Problems and Options For Regulation. Andrew Bearpark and Dr. Sabrina Schulz. In: " Private Security in Africa. Manifestation, Challenges and Regulation.
Sabelo Gumedze (ed.), November 2007 - Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Armed Forces Personnel: The European Court of Human Rights. Ian Leigh, DCAF Working Paper No. 165, 2005
- More Closely Watching the Spies: Three decades of Experiences. In: Ian Leigh, Hans Born and Loch K. Johnson (eds.), " Who’s watching the spies? Establishing Intelligence Service Accountability", Dulles, VA: Potomac Books, Inc., 2005.
- Peacekeeping forces and Human Rights Law. Ian Leigh, Conference Paper, DCAF, Geneva, 2005
- Democratic control of Intelligence and Security Agencies: A Legal Framework. Ian Leigh. In: "Security Sector Reform: Institutions, Society and Good Governance.
Bryden, A. & Fluri, P. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 2003. 113-127 - Democratic Accountability of Intelligence Services. Hans Born and Ian Leigh, DCAF, Policy Paper, 2007
- Intelligence Accountable: Legal Standards and Best Practice for Oversight of Intelligence Agencies. Born, H. and Leigh, I. D. DCAF Handbook, 2005
- Los Nuevos Mercenarios del Siglo XXI. Jose Luis Gomez del Prado, Papeles de cuestiones Internacionales, No.94, 2006
- Algunas tendencias emergentes en torno a las actividades de un nuevo agente no estatal: las compañías privadas militares y de seguridad. Jose Luis Gomez del Prado, Consejo de Derechos Humanos: oportunidades y desafíos / coord. por Jessica Almqvist, Felipe Gómez Isa, 2006
- Private Security Contractors at War. Ending the Culture of Impunity. Kevin Lanigan, Scott Horton, Michael McClintock, Human Rights First, 2008
- Minimal Investments, Minimal Results: The failure of Security Policy in Afghanistan. Kevin Lanigan, Michael Bhatia and Philip Wilkinson, Briefing Paper, AREU, 2004
- Private Security Companies and Local Populations. An exploratory study of Afghanistan and Angola. Lisa Rimli and Susanne Schmeidl, Swiss Peace, 2007
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