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Belgium’s Law of War Manual (1983) states: “Mercenaries do not have the right to be combatants or prisoners of war. They are therefore illegal combatants.”
Belgium, Droit Pénal et DisciplinaireMilitaire et Droit de la Guerre, DeuxièmePartie, Droit de la Guerre, Ecole Royale Militaire, par J. Maes, Chargé de cours, Avocat-général près la Cour Militaire, D/1983/1187/029, 1983, p. 23.