International Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies: Regulatory and Recommendation Models

The author of the article, using a comparative legal method, explores existing international models and approaches to regulating the activities of private military and security companies (PMSC). The relevance of the research topic is due to the absence of both a special international legal treaty on the regulation of PMSC activities and a corresponding article on PMSC within the framework of existing international treaties. Private military and security companies have become an integral part of armed conflicts (both international and non-international), as well as a basic element of security and a guarantor of the sustainable work of international organizations and multinational companies. PMSC is one of the main components of modern military campaigns and operations of Western countries, as well as an indirect power tool of the foreign policy of states.