Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol I):artikel 47

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (Protocol I)

Article 47 Mercenaries

Geldend

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1.

A mercenary shall not have the right to be a combatant or a prisoner of war.

2.

A mercenary is any person who:

(a)

is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an armed conflict;

(b)

does, in fact, take a direct part in the hostilities;

(c)

is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a Party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar ranks and functions in the armed forces of that Party;

(d)

is neither a national of a Party to the conflict nor a resident of territory controlled by a Party to the conflict;

(e)

is not a member of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict; and

(f)

has not been sent by a State which is not a Party to the conflict on official duty as a member of its armed forces.

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