Conference report on the elimination of mercenarism in Africa
By: compiled by Nadia Ahmadou and Sabelo Gumedze.
Contributors: Ahmadou, Nadia.; Gumedze, Sabelo.; Institute for Security Studies (South Africa)
Publisher: Institute for Security Studies
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Pretoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781920114367
Subjects: Mercenary troops -- Africa -- Congresses.; Private security services -- Africa -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Conference held 5-6 March 2008, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Table of contents: title: The extent of mercenarism and its impact on human security and human rights / Jeffrey Isima; title: The role of the legitimate private security sector vis-a-vis mercenarism in Africa / Sabelo Gumedze; title: Combating mercenarism in Africa at the domestic, regional and international levels / Sabelo Ndlouvu-Gatsheni; title: Towards an effective regulatory framework addressing the private security sector and mercenarism in Africa / Lauren Hutton; title: Wrap-up discussion: towards the revision of the 1997 OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa / Sabelo Gumedze; title: Closing remarks / Len leRoux.