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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, ...
... 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, ...
... For the purposes of the present Convention, ...
... (a) Is specially recruited locally or abroad for the purpose of participating
in a concerted act of violence aimed at : ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...