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... Affirming that the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries
should be considered as offences of grave concern to all States and that any
person committing any of these-offences should be either prosecuted or extradited, ...
... 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. ...
... The State Party in whose territory the alleged offender is found shall, if
it does not extradite him, be obliged, without exception whatsoever and whether
or not the offence was committed in its territory, to submit the case to its
competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution, through proceedings in
accordance with the laws of that State. Those authorities shall take their decision
in the same manner as in the case of any other offence of a grave nature under
the law of that State. ...