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... (b) Is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire
for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party to the
conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or
paid to combatants of similar rank and functions in the armed forces of that
party; ...
... 1. A mercenary, as defined in article 1 of the present Convention, who participates
directly in hostilities or in a concerted act of violence, as the case may be,
commits an offence for the purposes of the Convention. ...