1. Mercenaries and Private Military Companies
... : "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 rank and functions in the armed forces of that Party". The individual must also "take ... training they have acquired etc. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to establish to which category belong "unlawful combatants" who commit terrorist acts. Another difficulty is to establish the material compensation, which should be substanti...
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