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Mercenaries. A mercenary shall not have the right to be a combatant or a prisoner of war. A mercenary is any person who: (a) is especially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an armed conflict; (b) does, in fact, take a direct part in the hostilities;
mercenary. adjective. disapproving uk / ˈmɜː.s ə n.ri / us / ˈmɝː.s ə n.ri /. Add to word list. Add to word list. interested only in the amount of money that you can get from a situation: He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Greedy.
Sep 6, 2023 · Ukrainian prosecutors say three Wagner mercenaries killed and tortured civilians near Kyiv in April 2022, alongside regular Russian troops.
Dec 4, 2019 · Mercenaries of the sea, known as “privateers,” were also employed by states. But this too was abolished in the 1856 Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law. By the 20 th century, the market for force was defunct. Mercenaries did not go extinct but were driven underground.
Jun 8, 2024 · Mercenary, hired professional soldier who fights for any state or nation without regard to political interests or issues. From the earliest days of organized warfare until the development of political standing armies in the mid-17th century, governments frequently supplemented their military forces.
May 10, 2016 · Mercenaries are a symptom of something far more unsettling Mercenaries change war and world order. Offering the means of war to anyone who can afford it alters who, how and why we fight.
Mar 25, 2015 · The use of mercenaries in warfare has a very long history—much longer, in fact, than the almost-exclusive deployment of national militaries to wage wars.
Working Group on Use of Mercenaries: the Increasing Number of Private Military and Security Companies Operating in the Humanitarian Space Exacerbates the Risk of Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
Mar 4, 2022 · “We are witnessing the ever-increasing presence of mercenaries and mercenary-related actors in contemporary armed conflicts and the ever-mounting risk of grave human rights abuses and war crimes” said Sorcha MacLeod, Chair of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries.
Study and identify sources and causes, emerging issues, manifestations and trends with regard to mercenaries and mercenary-related activities and private military and security companies and their impact on human rights, particularly on the right of peoples to self-determination.
