“Mercenaries” in Libya : impact of legal impunity

• Main Author: Manpavan Joth Kaur.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94907; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7957
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Gaddafi’s engagement of “mercenaries” to fight in his domestic civil war is problematic. The current hostilities between Libyan protesters and migrant Sub Saharan Africans manifest the weak international legislation regulating the use of “mercenaries” in conflicts.