The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations’ Use of Private Military and Security Companies

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/19426720-02501002" target="_blank" >10.1163/19426720-02501002</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations’ Use of Private Military and Security Companies

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article offers an analysis of the influence of the anti-mercenary norm on the United Nations’ use of services provided by private military and security companies (PMSCs). It follows a constructivist approach which focuses on violations of the anti-mercenary norm within the UN system and on the justifications and condemnations of these violations in official UN documents. The findings suggest that while the anti-mercenary norm is no longer puritanical, two key aspects of the norm—the lack of a proper cause and the lack of control—remain influential within the UN system. Although all parts of the UN system nowadays routinely use a wide variety of services of PMSCs and the UN Secretary-General officially sanctioned security outsourcing in 2011, the UN continues to insist that it is only using PMSCs as a last resort, when no other options are available. The continuing need to justify the use of PMSCs’ services suggests that this practice challenges both the long-established identity of the UN as a key anti-mercenary norm entrepreneur and its ontological security.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations’ Use of Private Military and Security Companies

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article offers an analysis of the influence of the anti-mercenary norm on the United Nations’ use of services provided by private military and security companies (PMSCs). It follows a constructivist approach which focuses on violations of the anti-mercenary norm within the UN system and on the justifications and condemnations of these violations in official UN documents. The findings suggest that while the anti-mercenary norm is no longer puritanical, two key aspects of the norm—the lack of a proper cause and the lack of control—remain influential within the UN system. Although all parts of the UN system nowadays routinely use a wide variety of services of PMSCs and the UN Secretary-General officially sanctioned security outsourcing in 2011, the UN continues to insist that it is only using PMSCs as a last resort, when no other options are available. The continuing need to justify the use of PMSCs’ services suggests that this practice challenges both the long-established identity of the UN as a key anti-mercenary norm entrepreneur and its ontological security.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-02288S" target="_blank" >GA16-02288S: Anatomie revizionismu a jeho vliv na (sub-)regionální institucionalizace a aliance</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations

ISSN

1075-2846

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

25

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

77-99

Kód UT WoS článku

000460501800006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85062474954