Report on the question of the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination / submitted by Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, Special Rapporteur, pursuant to Commission resolution 2001/3
2002
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E/CN.4/2002/20
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Report on the question of the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination / submitted by Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, Special Rapporteur, pursuant to Commission resolution 2001/3
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Outlines the Special Rapporteur's activities in 2001 and comments on the 1st Meeting of Experts held in Jan. 2001; considers mercenary activities in Africa, and the role of illicit trafficking in diamonds and other precious stones; the relationship between terrorism and mercenary activities; problems raised by a legal definition of mercenarism; the entry into force of the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries; conclusions and recommendations.
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Geneva : UN, 10 Jan. 2002
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30 p.