I guess they weren't hired.

You were formerly employed by the British Secret Service, were you not?

Here too, the intent to employ mercenaries or to turn an individual into a mercenary is obvious.

The two cases of murder concern the killing of a German of between 30 and 35 years of age who was applying for recruitment to the mercenary unit, and the killing of another German mercenary.

An individual who really was, in practice, a mercenary could, for instance, invoke some of these flawed legal criteria to avoid being characterized as such.

Who hired you for this?

III. MERCENARY ACTIVITIES

The definition identified a mercenary, but did not refer to companies which were mercenary in nature.

A mercenary can, without ceasing to be a mercenary, also become a terrorist.

24. A domestic worker who quits his job, may therefore be accused of having stolen his employer apos s property.

You're hired.

You doin' the hiring'?

They hired us.

There are hundreds of shrimp boats employed to drag booms instead of nets.

We also prosecute employers who are found to have acted in breach of the Employment Ordinance.

Ethiopians who are being summarily dismissed from their employment include housemaids, private employees and day labourers.

Why should I hire Tom?

but we hire men to do it for us.

It is precisely the existence of loopholes and legal ambiguities that has facilitated the use of mercenaries and of companies engaged in mercenary activities, without any effective legal action being taken against those who hire mercenaries or against mercenaries themselves.

This is inevitable, since the material connection between the activities of mercenaries and their involvement in terrorist acts is amply demonstrated by the many cases of terrorist attacks in which it was found that the act was perpetrated by one or more mercenaries hired to commit the crime.

Referring only to mercenary individuals allowed a mercenary company to operate without liability.

Misha Glenny Hire the hackers!

Well, they signed me up immediately.

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apos Article 63 1 Mercenary activity

III. Mercenary activities in Africa

The Special Rapporteur asked Mr. Barlow why he thought he, his employees and his company were regarded as mercenaries.

117. Because mercenary activities and the conduct of the mercenary himself can seriously impair the enjoyment of human rights, the self determination of peoples, the stability of constitutionally established Governments and international peace and security, mercenary activities and the mercenary career must be clearly and unequivocally banned.

(c) To monitor mercenaries and mercenary related activities in all their forms and manifestations in different parts of the world

In carrying out their operations, these companies do not hesitate to hire mercenaries to take charge of the military aspects.

63. Former South African mercenaries and mercenaries of other nationalities who were incorporated into specialized battalions, such as Battalions 31 and 32, which fought in Angola, ended up out of work when democracy was established.

Such nationals would not strictly speaking be considered mercenaries, but, on the part of those recruiting them, the aim of using them as mercenaries is objectively undeniable.

The 1989 Convention dealt with the consequences of the activity, not the reasons for it.

They don't employ those workers.

And for that job i employed dimitrios.

To remain in our employ.

I can get a chambermaid for a year for that.

Don't you worry. If he fires you, I'll hire you.

With particular regard to Afghanistan, mercenaries fell into several categories, including those working for private companies, those in the pay of warlords, and those involved in drug trafficking in the highly lucrative illegal poppy cultivation market.

President Mandela apos s democratic Government has taken an explicit stand against the use of mercenaries and mercenary activities.

A member of the South African Defence Force found guilty of serving or providing services as a mercenary would be sentenced, under the 1957 Defence Act, to up to two years apos imprisonment and or a fine of up to 5,000 South African rands.

The primary goal was to avoid the territory of South Africa being used for the recruitment, training or financing of mercenaries.

Case study three Mercenaries and mechanics

Fee Charging Employment Agencies (revised) (No. 96)

Mercenaries Mr. Bernales Ballesteros Special Rapporteur