(cont.) geneva conventions of 1949, additional protocols and their commentaries treaties and states parties historical treaties and documents back to: protocol additional to the geneva conventions of 12 august 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (protocol i), 8 june 1977. legal instrument text is available in these languages english article 47 - mercenaries > 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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