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Regulating Private Military and Security Companies: What’s in it for States? – Go Health Pro

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Regulating Private Military and Security Companies: What’s in it for States? – Go Health Pro

Private military and security companies (PMSCs) are expanding like wildfire across the world, diversifying clients and operations. They offer services ranging from protection and training to direct participation in hostilities, arms dealing, and humanitarian evacuations. Their impact on human rights—particularly on civilians, women, children, and migrants—as well as on the environment, has been widely reported … Read more

Harnessing Military Investigations as a Tool for Civilian Protection in an ‘Era of Rearmament’ – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Harnessing Military Investigations as a Tool for Civilian Protection in an ‘Era of Rearmament’ – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Civilians today face unprecedented risks in armed conflict, with compliance with the laws of war in crisis. UN figures show civilian deaths rising since 2019 and skyrocketing in 2023, with the number of women and children killed doubling and tripling from the previous year. As Cordula Droege has argued, international humanitarian law (IHL) is ‘under … Read more

China launches large-scale military exercises around Taiwan – Go Health Pro

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China launches large-scale military exercises around Taiwan – Go Health Pro

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China has begun large-scale military and coastguard exercises around Taiwan, the latest round in Beijing’s escalating campaign to assert its claims of sovereignty and suppress the island nation’s efforts to preserve its de facto independence. … Read more

Do the Changes to the Sovereign Military of Malta’s Constitution affect its relevance for the future of Small Developing Island States – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Harnessing Military Investigations as a Tool for Civilian Protection in an ‘Era of Rearmament’ – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The fight of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to maintain control of their destiny and retain their statehood needs no introduction. Threatened by the sea level rise caused by centuries of greenhouse gases, SIDSs are both among the most affected (due to their low elevation above sea levels) and the smallest contributors to climate change.

In the absence of a solid body of state practice on whether a state can exist without a territory, scholars and analysts have invoked various precedents and strains of state practice. One of these is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta or SMOM (also sometimes called “Order of Malta”), due to its peculiar international legal personality (ILP). The SMOM was founded in 1048 as a religious order of the Catholic Church, and has a storied history as a geopolitical actor. The Order previously controlled territories, though these were seized by the Ottoman Empire leaving it with only the territory of Malta. However, in 1798, the SMOM lost control of the island to Napoleon and now recognises Malta’s sovereignty over the island. Since then, the SMOM focuses on its humanitarian mission.

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“The use of the military is a real sea change in policy” – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

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“The use of the military is a real sea change in policy” – Verfassungsblog – Go Health Pro

Five Questions to Amanda Frost Trump signed a slew of executive orders after his inauguration, many of them intended and designed to fundamentally reshape the US’s immigration and naturalization system as we know it. These include, amongst others, a highly publicized order ending birthright citizenship for children of mothers present in the US without legal … Read more