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Stein tells DW: 'A great many such private military contractors fail to fulfill those criteria. Katharina Stein is a research assistant at the Institute for Public Law at the University of Freiburg in Germany and is currently writing her dissertation on the role of private militias in armed conflict. These requirements are cumulative, which means that they must be applicable for an individual to be categorized as a mercenary.' Article 47 of Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conference says, 'A mercenary is any person who:ġ) Is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in an armed conflict Ģ) Does, in fact, take a direct part in hostilities ģ) 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 Ĥ) Is neither a national of a party to the conflict nor a resident of territory controlled by a party to the conflict ĥ) Is not a member of the armed forces of a party to the conflict andĦ) Has not been sent by a state which is not party to the conflict on official duty as a member of its armed forces. According to international humanitarian law, an individual must fulfill six criteria to be categorized as a mercenary. Wagner Group fighters are often called mercenaries - is that an accurate description?

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