ANNEX B
Extract from Additional Protocol 1 of 1977,
Article 47
Article 47—Mercenaries
1. A mercenary shall not have the right
to be a combatant or a prisoner or 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 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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