Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Jobs: Close Protection Position, Global, Afghanistan, Iraq
Close Protection Position
Ref 000002
Region Global
Country Global, Afghanistan, Iraq
Department Project Management
Role Type Close Protection
Job Purpose
The Individual is expected to have sufficient training and flexibility to be able to undertake the role of a Close Protection Officer as detailed below.
The operator will be chosen for his experience, ability to work independently and without supervision.
·The Close Protection Officer provides the Client and/or Nominated Person close, physical, and protective security as well as guidance and advice in all personal security matters for the purpose of safeguarding the Client and/or Nominated person from injury
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History: U.S. Code, Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 81-Piracy and Privateering
So there you have it, a legal framework for how to deal with piracy or fire up the privateer machine to go after these Somali pirates. It’s a little old, but blow off the dust and do a little tweaking, and these old laws could definitely be applied to this modern day scourge of piracy
All kidding aside, if you really get into the language of these laws, you can totally get a feel for what that era was like back then. It was part business, part warfare, and this was our attempt at regulating this massive industry back then. Crude-yes, but at least they were rules to keep everyone in line. Something we can certainly learn from. –Matt
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U.S. Code
TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 81
CHAPTER 81—PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING
1651. Piracy under law of nations
Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life.
1652. Citizens as pirates
Whoever, being a citizen of the United States, commits any murder or robbery, or any act of hostility against the United States, or against any citizen thereof, on the high seas, under color of any commission from any foreign prince, or state, or on pretense of authority from any person, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life.
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Industry Talk: United Nations Working Group On the Use of Mercenaries
I thought I would post this, as a resource for anyone interested. It is interesting that Feral Jundi has been in existence for over a year now, and I would have thought that maybe someone from this group would have liked to talk with either myself or Jake or whomever. I do not consider myself that unapproachable, but I also don’t consider myself a mercenary. This site is pretty apolitical too, so I just don’t understand why no one has made the effort to make contact?
They say that they are reaching out to folks, but you would think that new media would be one area that they could easily and readily reach out to? Either way, I highly recommend sending these folks your thoughts about the subject they are invested in. It is time to fill the void of information, and a good start is to actually talk. Good luck with Ms. Lucke, and tell her I said hi. Cheers. –Matt
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Introduction
The Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the rights of peoples to self-determination was established in July 2005 pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/2. It succeeded the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries, which had been in existence since 1987 and was serviced by Mr. Enrique Bernales Ballesteros (Peru) from 1987 to 2004 and Ms. Shaista Shameem (Fiji) from 2004 to 2005. In March 2008, the Human Rights Council extended the mandate of the Working Group for a period of three years.
Podcasts: Boots on the Ground: Jake and Joe Buff Talk about Piracy
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