Law-ref.org The International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing, and Training of Mercenaries
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... (a) Is specially recruited locally or abroad for the purpose of participating in a concerted act of violence aimed at : ...
... (c) Is neither a national nor a resident of the State against which such an act is directed; ...
... (e) Is not a member of the armed forces of the State on whose territory the act is undertaken. ...


... 1. A mercenary, as defined in article 1 of the present Convention, who participates directly in hostilities or in a concerted act of violence, as the case may be, commits an offence for the purposes of the Convention. ...