المرتزقة في القانون الدولي الإنساني

Abstract EN

mercenary is a person who participates actively in armed conflict and he gets money as an exchange, and has no principles for defending and no values or laws control them in the field of conflict, and in law he is not considered as a fighter nor as a prisoner of war if it will be between the hands of the enemy.

His actions are infractions to the principles of civilized and criminal states and they require criminal accountability, despite all these, the demand is increasing for the use of mercenaries in international conflicts or civil wars , recently, another image appeared for mercenary in the military companies and private security that reality has proven its involvement in such activities, so must the international community should looms therefore with making an effective international system of monitoring and accountability.