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ARTICLE-1     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) Is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an armed conflict; ...
... (b) 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 rank and functions in the armed forces of that party; ...
... (d) Is not a member of the armed forces of a party to the conflict; and ...
... (e) 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. ...
... (e) Is not a member of the armed forces of the State on whose territory the act is undertaken. ...


ARTICLE-16     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) The law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law, including the provisions relating to the status of combatant or of prisoner of war. ...