TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analysis of the Legal Status of Mercenaries of War (Iran-Iraq War Case Study)
AU - Aslani, Hesamuddin AU - Azadbakht, Farid 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 26
SP  - 6227
EP  - 6233
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.6227.6233
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.6227.6233
KW  - War mercenaries
KW  -Iran and Iraq
KW  -social idea
KW  -growth
KW  -action
AB  - The main objective of this research is to analyze the legal status of mercenaries of war (Iran-Iraq War
Case Study). In classical customary international law, mercenary is a soldier who has uttered an oath of
allegiance to submit a government or king and presents his military service. From the perspective of classical
international law, mercenaries are military professionals that regardless of the nationality and residence of the
parties involved in the war gave their military service for whoever hired them to fight. The main objective of
mercenaries is not loyalty to a particular political or social ideal, but to gain material benefits (money, Booty and
the like). For this reason, they are not primarily committed to complying with local laws and international
conventions. Protocols, Geneva Conventions and indeed, all the rules of the (including Convention and
customary) armed conflict must be interpreted in a way that first, prevents the growth and spread of war crimes
and, secondly, the interpretation must be in support of victims of war. Therefore, it must be said that the role
of a mercenary depends on his action. Because, basically a mercenary’s act breaches the peace and international
security, or provides incentives that promote or provide a violation of international peace and security;
interpretation of international conventions and norms must be done to reduce and prevent mercenary action.
ER  -