Mercenaries in international humanitarian law

The last decade of the last century witnessed an increase in the number of international armed conflicts, whether international or not, and some of the parties to the conflict tended to use a large number of mercenaries to carry out various tasks with the opponent, and some of the parties to the conflict had used security companies to carry out their sabotage actions "The employees of security companies, mercenaries and spies are individuals who are covered by the protection