Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights?

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Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights? / MacLeod, Sorcha; DeWinter-Schmitt, Rebecca.

In: Business and Human Rights Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2019, p. 55-77.

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Harvard

MacLeod, S & DeWinter-Schmitt, R 2019, 'Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights?', Business and Human Rights Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 55-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2018.25

APA

MacLeod, S., & DeWinter-Schmitt, R. (2019). Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights? Business and Human Rights Journal, 4(1), 55-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2018.25

Vancouver

MacLeod S, DeWinter-Schmitt R. Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights? Business and Human Rights Journal. 2019;4(1):55-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2018.25

Author

MacLeod, Sorcha ; DeWinter-Schmitt, Rebecca. / Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights?. In: Business and Human Rights Journal. 2019 ; Vol. 4, No. 1. pp. 55-77.

Bibtex

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