Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination

E/DEC/2004/248View PDF

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2005.

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Experts Human Rights Violations Mercenaries Private Security Services Self-Determination of Peoples Special Rapporteurs

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At its 48th plenary meeting, on 22 July 2004, the Economic and Social Council took note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/5 of 8 April 200415 and approved the decision of the Commission to extend for a period of three years the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination.

The Council also approved the request to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene a third meeting of experts on traditional and new forms of mercenary activities as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to selfdetermination, whose main objectives would be:

(a) To give further consideration to the proposed new legal definition of a mercenary as contained in paragraph 47 of the report of the Special Rapporteur;50

(b) To make proposals on possible means of regulation and international supervision of the activities of private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and security services on the international market;

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