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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, ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 3. The present Convention does not exclude any criminal jurisdiction exercised
in accordance with national law. ...
... 1. Upon being satisfied that the circumstances so warrant, any State Party
in whose territory the alleged offender is present shall, in accordance with
its laws, take him into custody or take such other measures to ensure his presence
for such time as is necessary to enable any criminal or extradition proceedings
to be instituted. The State Party shall immediately make a preliminary inquiry
into the facts. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... The State Party where the alleged offender is prosecuted shall in accordance
with its laws communicate the final outcome of the proceedings to the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, who shall transmit the information to the other States
concerned. ...
... 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. ...
... 3. States Parties which do not make extradition conditional on the existence
of a treaty shall recognize those offences as extraditable offences between
themselves, subject to the conditions provided by the law of the requested State. ...
... (b) The law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law, including
the provisions relating to the status of combatant or of prisoner of war. ...
... (b) The law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law, including
the provisions relating to the status of combatant or of prisoner of war. ...