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At the 72nd plenary meeting on 4 December 1989 the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 44/34, the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries. It entered into force on 20 October 2001 and is usually known as the UN Mercenary Convention.
Article 1 of the Convention has the following definition of a mercenary:
One time Judge Advocate Todds S. Milliard has argued that the convention and Article 47 of Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) are designed to cover the activities of mercenaries in post colonial Africa, and do not address adequately the use of private military companies by sovereign states.
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See also
- Command responsibility
- Jus in bello
- Private military company
- Mercenary
- Unlawful combatant#Mercenaries
- Arms trade
- Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Book)
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