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... The States Parties to the present Convention, ...
... Also convinced that the adoption of a convention against the recruitment, use,
financing and training of mercenaries would contribute to the eradication of
these nefarious activities and thereby to the observance of the purposes and
principles enshrined in the Charter, ...
... Cognizant that matters not regulated by such a convention continue to be governed
by the rules and principles of international law, ...
... For the purposes of the present Convention, ...
... Any person who recruits, uses, finances or trains mercenaries, as defined in
article 1 of the present Convention, commits an offence for the purposes of
the Convention. ...
... Any person who recruits, uses, finances or trains mercenaries, as defined in
article 1 of the present Convention, commits an offence for the purposes of
the Convention. ...
... 1. A mercenary, as defined in article 1 of the present Convention, who participates
directly in hostilities or in a concerted act of violence, as the case may be,
commits an offence for the purposes of the Convention. ...
... 1. A mercenary, as defined in article 1 of the present Convention, who participates
directly in hostilities or in a concerted act of violence, as the case may be,
commits an offence for the purposes of the Convention. ...
... 2. Nothing in this article limits the scope of application of article 4 of
the present Convention. ...
... (b) Is the accomplice of a person who commits or attempts to commit any of
the offences set forth in the present Convention. ...
... 1. States Parties shall note recruit, use, finance or train mercenaries and
shall prohibit such activities in accordance with the provisions of the present
Convention. ...
... 3. They shall make the offences set forth in the present Convention punishable
by appropriate penalties which take into account the grave nature of those offences. ...
... States Parties shall co-operate in the prevention of the offences set forth
in the present Convention, particularly by : ...
... States Parties shall co-operate in taking the necessary measures for the implementation
of the present Convention. ...
... Any State Party having reason to believe that one of the offences set forth
in the present Convention has been, is being or will be committed shall, in
accordance with its national law, communicate the relevant information, as soon
as it comes to its knowledge, directly or through the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, to the States Parties affected. ...
... 1. Each State Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establish
its jurisdiction over any of the offences set forth in the present Convention
which are committed : ...
... 2. Each State Party shall likewise take such measures as may be necessary to
establish its jurisdiction over the offences set forth in articles 2, 3 and
4 of the present Convention in cases where the alleged offender is present in
its territory and it does note extradite him to any of the States mentioned
in paragraph 1 of this article. ...
... 3. The present Convention does not exclude any criminal jurisdiction exercised
in accordance with national law. ...
... Any person regarding whom proceedings are being carried out in connection with
any of the offences set forth in the present Convention shall be guaranteed
at all stages of the proceedings fair treatment and all the rights and guarantees
provided for in the law of the State in question. Applicable norms of international
law should be taken into account. ...
... 1. States Parties shall afford one another the greatest measure of assistance
in connection with criminal proceedings brought in respect of the offences set
forth in the present Convention, including the supply of all evidence at their
disposal necessary for the proceedings. The law of the State whose assistance
is requested shall apply in all cases. ...
... 1. The offences set forth in articles 2, 3 and 4 of the present Convention
shall be deemed to be included as extraditable offences in any extradition treaty
existing between States Parties. States Parties undertake to include such offences
as extraditable offences in every extradition treaty to be concluded between
them. ...
... 2. If a State Party which makes extradition conditional on the existence of
a treaty receives a request for extradition from another State Party with which
it has no extradition treaty, it may at its option consider the present Convention
as the legal basis for extradition in respect of those offences. Extradition
shall be subject to the other conditions provided by the law of the requested
State. ...
... 4. The offences shall be treated, for the purpose of extradition between States
Parties, as if they had been committed not only in the place in which they occurred
but also in the territories of the State required to establish their jurisdiction
in accordance with article 9 of the present Convention. ...
... The present Convention shall be applied without prejudice to: ...
... 1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation
or application of the present Convention which is not settled by negotiation
shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration. If, within
six months from the date of the request for arbitration, the parties are unable
to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those parties may
refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by a request in conformity
with the Statute of the Court. ...
... 2. Each State may, at the time of signature or ratification of the present
Convention or accession thereto, declare that it does not consider itself bound
by paragraph 1 of this article. The other States Parties shall not be bound
by paragraph 1 of this article with respect to any State party which has made
such a reservation. ...
... 1. The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States until 31
December 1990 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. ...
... 2. The present Convention shall be subject to ratification. The instruments
of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United
Nations. ...
... 3. The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State. The
instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the
United Nations. ...
... 1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following
the date of deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... 2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit
of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention
shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its
instrument of ratification or accession. ...
... 2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit
of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention
shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after deposit by such State of its
instrument of ratification or accession. ...
... 1. Any State Party may denounce the present Convention by written notification
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... The original of the present Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies
thereof to all States. ...
... IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their
respective Governments, have signed the present Convention. ...