Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-01-08 16:23:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7A258FD861163F297D6F95DEDBD0586FD3C7A8D120C22C51A9FAE47E9F7A812D
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Original Note:
According to the legal definition of a mercenary in Article 47 of Additional Protocol I, there are 6 <cumulative> conditions. Since foreign fighters are part of the armed forces of Ukraine, they legally cannot be mercenaries and therefore the Geneva Conventions apply. https://casebook.icrc.org/a_to_z/glossary/mercenaries https://www.icrc.org/en/law-and-policy/protected-persons-prisoners-war-and-detainees https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/28/russia-respect-rights-prisoners-war https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/geneva-convention-relative-treatment-prisoners-war
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