| This article does not prohibit mercenarism, but only States that mercenaries are denied combatant or prisoner of war status. |
| In the process, the superpower unleashed a new norm in international relations: the legitimate use of private military force, or mercenarism to many. |
| They also support transborder organized crime, mercenarism and many other negative factors that gravely jeopardize basic human rights and hinder the development efforts of the affected countries. |
| However, contested claims to self-determination challenged the standard definition of mercenarism. |
| There was a need to look at how emerging legislation in Africa could relate to combating mercenarism. |
| One way to combat mercenarism was for Governments to retain the monopoly of public security functions. |
