French Conference on Private Military Contractors

The Faculty of law of the University of Clermont-Ferrand will host a conference on Private Military and Security Companies on 4 and 5 March 2010.

Speakers will include legal scholars, political scientists and a variety of actors of international humanitarian law. Professors Bérangère Taxil (University of Angers) and  Mathias Audit (University of Paris Ouest – formerly Nanterre) will more specifically discuss issues of private international law.

The full program and more details about the conference can be found here. It is free of charge. Interventions will be in French.