المرتزقة في القانون الدولي الإنساني

Abstract EN

The last decade of the last century witnessed an increase in the number of international armed conflicts, whether international or not, and some of the parties to the conflict tended to use a large number of mercenaries to carry out various tasks with the opponent, and some of the parties to the conflict had used “security companies” to carry out their sabotage actions "The employees of security companies, mercenaries and spies are individuals who are covered by the protection of the rules of international humanitarian law.

Rather, they are seen after them as violators of international rules and violators of them".

The emergence of mercenaries, security companies and spies raises many legal problems at all levels, especially their legal status and responsibilities under the rules of international humanitarian law and the responsibility of the state that recruits them.