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... Reaffirming the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, ...
... Being aware of the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries
for activities which violate principles of international law, such as those
of sovereign equality, political independence, territorial integrity of States
and self-determination of peoples, ...
... Convinced of the necessity to develop and enhance international co-operation
among States for the prevention, prosecution and punishment of such offences, ...
... Expressing concern at new unlawful international activities linking drug traffickers
and mercenaries in the perpetration of violent actions which undermine the constitutional
order of States, ...
... Cognizant that matters not regulated by such a convention continue to be governed
by the rules and principles of international law, ...
... 2. States Parties shall not recruit, use, finance or train mercenaries for
the purpose of opposing the legitimate exercise of the inalienable right of
peoples to self-determination, as recognized by international law, and shall
take, in conformity with international law, the appropriate measures to prevent
the recruitment, use, financing or training of mercenaries for that purpose. ...
... 2. States Parties shall not recruit, use, finance or train mercenaries for
the purpose of opposing the legitimate exercise of the inalienable right of
peoples to self-determination, as recognized by international law, and shall
take, in conformity with international law, the appropriate measures to prevent
the recruitment, use, financing or training of mercenaries for that purpose. ...
... 4. The provisions of paragraph 3 of this article shall be without prejudice
to the right of any State Party having a claim to jurisdiction in accordance
with article 9, paragraph 1 (b), to invite the International Committee of the
Red Cross to communicate with and visit the alleged offender. ...
... 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. ...
... (b) The law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law, including
the provisions relating to the status of combatant or of prisoner of war. ...
... 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. ...