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2024-04-26 10:55:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3519D8D803E2E83870A11C695E26AE498C72E064EB5B8C04E0D428D5348F7E1C
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Original Note:
Ukraine's International Legion, officially part of the armed forces and paid the same as Ukrainians, doesn't meet the six cumulative mercenary conditions under Article 47(2) of Additional Protocol I. Therefore they aren't mercenaries according to the laws of armed conflict. https://casebook.icrc.org/a_to_z/glossary/mercenaries https://lieber.westpoint.edu/status-foreign-fighters-ukrainian-legion/
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