Private Military Contractor

[susanjeanette]

how does a Private Military Contractor void his contract

[Buenchico]

Either directly or indirectly, as per the following examples:

If a contractor fails to carry out the duties and responsibilities explicit in the contract (e.g. by failing to provide security when obliged to do so, or by doing so inadequately) then, as with any other business contract, the contractor has voided his contract.

However that contractor also has a duty to comply with human rights legislation, and with all other relevant legislation (even if no such duty is explicit in, or even implied by, the written contract). So any action that breaches human rights legislation, or the laws of the relevant country, may also be deemed to void the contract.

If you require a more detailed answer you'll probably need to provide further information about exactly what it is that you're seeking. In the meantime, this is worth reading:
https://lapa.princeton.edu/conferences/military07/restricted/dickinson2_military07.pdf

[Peter Pedant]

I truly truly marvel at your application BC

we have had a few weeks ago a question on the soldiers of fortune advert
[ attempt to sue the magazine after an advert had led to the appointment of an unsuitable soldier of fortune ]

BUT 'void' is used in a bit of an odd context here - for UK
a void contract might be one concluded by minors or against public policy such a contract for prostitution ( yes really seriously - clearly against public policy )
but contracts may be voidable - either one sided or bilaterally
after bigamy ( yep real nineteenth century cases)
the innocent party may be able to contract as a spouse as they are clearly acting in good faith
whereas the villanous bigamist may well be prevented from concluding a contract since he is acting in bad faith. Here the contract would be voidable ( all examples from Atiyah's book on contract )

IN the question it looks as tho VOID is used in the sense
unilaterally terminate his contract
I wouldnt really use void in this context -


and now to settle down to read Chap 12 of the pdf you dug up !

[Peter Pedant]

whilst I admire the search capabilites of BC
his ref does not really address voiding a contract

It discusses whether a contract can be used to regulate the servants' activities to which the English answer would be - no of course it cant - what are you thinking of ?

however if you are gonna use a contract to regulate behaviour - then voiding it is the last think you would do