Private military and security companies: claiming state responsibility under Article 4

Abstract

The aim of the thesis is to analyse the efficacy of Article 4 as revealed in the 2001 International Law Commission’s, Articles on the Responsibilities of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts and as applied in cases of wrongful conduct by private military and security companies whilst under contract with a State; particularly classifying a private company and its personnel as ‘State organ’ for the purpose of attributing responsibility for wrongful conduct to the contracting State.