Peru
Practice Relating to Rule 108. Mercenaries
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) defines the term “mercenary” as: “Any person who voluntarily enrols in the combatant armed forces of a belligerent State of which he is not a national, motivated by the desire for private gain.”
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) defines “mercenary” in its Glossary of Terms as: “Any person who voluntarily enrols in the combatant armed forces of a belligerent State of which he is not a national, motivated by the desire for private gain.”
Peru’s IHL Manual (2004) states that a mercenary “is not entitled to combatant status or, if captured by the enemy, to prisoner-of-war status.”
Peru’s IHL and Human Rights Manual (2010) states in its Glossary of Terms that a mercenary “is not entitled to combatant status or, if captured by the enemy, to prisoner-of-war status”.