1. Mercenaries and Private Military Companies
... Protocol I, the second paragraph of Article 1 of the Convention relates to the intention or the motivation of the individual who carries out mercenary activities in order to obtain a personal gain. Also similarly to Article 47 of Additional Protocol I, the criteria of this paragraph leaves outside autochthonous combatants for in order to be considered a mercenary the individual must be ... of a Party to the conflict nor a resident of territory controlled by a Party to the conflict. The definition leaves outside its scope any person motivated for other reason than his personal gain. Howe...
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