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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, ...
... 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, ...
... Convinced of the necessity to develop and enhance international co-operation
among States for the prevention, prosecution and punishment of such offences, ...
... 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. ...
... An offence is committed by any person who: ...
... (b) Is the accomplice of a person who commits or attempts to commit any of
the offences set forth in 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. ...
... 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 : ...
... (a) Taking all practicable measures to prevent preparations in their respective
territories for the commission of those offences within or outside their territories,
including the prohibition of illegal activities of persons, groups and organizations
that encourage, instigate, organize or engage in the perpetration of such offences; ...
... (a) Taking all practicable measures to prevent preparations in their respective
territories for the commission of those offences within or outside their territories,
including the prohibition of illegal activities of persons, groups and organizations
that encourage, instigate, organize or engage in the perpetration of such offences; ...
... (b) Co-ordinating the taking of administrative and other measures as appropriate
to prevent the commission of those offences. ...
... 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. ...
... (a) The State Party where the offence was committed; ...
... (b) The State Party against which the offence has been directed or attempted; ...
... (c) The State Party of which the natural or juridical person against whom the
offence has been directed or attempted is a national; ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...