Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Table of cases
- Table of statutes
- Table of international treaties and conventions
- Introduction
- 1 The private security industry uncovered
- 2 State obligations and state responsibility
- 3 The attribution of PMSC conduct to the hiring state
- 4 Obligations of the host state
- 5 Obligations of the hiring state
- 6 Obligations of the home state
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
6 - Obligations of the home state
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Table of cases
- Table of statutes
- Table of international treaties and conventions
- Introduction
- 1 The private security industry uncovered
- 2 State obligations and state responsibility
- 3 The attribution of PMSC conduct to the hiring state
- 4 Obligations of the host state
- 5 Obligations of the hiring state
- 6 Obligations of the home state
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
International law has thus far been reluctant to impose any broad obligations on the home state of a multinational corporation to regulate the company's activities overseas. Indeed, a state is not generally responsible for the wrongful acts of its nationals abroad, unless of course such acts can be attributed to it under the rules of state responsibility, and there is no general obligation on a state to prevent harmful conduct by its nationals overseas. It follows that the home state of a PMSC – that is, the state in which the company is based or incorporated – will not automatically incur international responsibility for violations committed by that PMSC overseas merely by virtue of the territorial link between the state and the company.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011