• Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1). Adopted on 8 June 1977 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts entry into force 7 December 1979, in accordance with Article 95 (Article 47.-Mercenaries): http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/93.htm
• International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries. General Assembly, 72nd plenary meeting [A/RES/44/34] 4 December 1989:
Fact Sheet No. 28: The Impact of Mercenary Activities on the Right of People's to Self Determination: click here (PDF)
• Commission on Human Rights. Sixtieth session. Report by Mr. Enrique Bernales Ballestero, Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (E/CN.4/2004/1), 24 December 2003 [Summary report upon end of appointment as Rapporteur of Bernales ballesteros]: click here (PDF)
• Commission on Human Rights. Fifty-eight session. Report by Shaista Shameem, Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (E/CN.4/2005/14), 8 December 2004 [Firs report of Shameem as Special Rapporteu]: http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G04/167/92/PDF/G0416792.pdf
• Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination ANNUAL REPORTS [Supercedes the Special Rapporteu office] : http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/mercenaries/annual_reports.htm
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Peace Agreements:
• International Conflict Research (INCORE) - Conflict Data Service - Peace Agreements. The publication and widespread dissemination of recent peace accords has enormous merit. At INCORE you can access and download a selection of peace agreements.
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/agreements/
• The Global Compact. In an address to the World Economic Forum on 31 January 1999, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, challenged business leaders to join an international initiative – the Global Compact – that would bring companies together with UN agencies, labour and civil society to support universal environmental and social principles. http://www.unglobalcompact.org/
- Today, thousands of companies from all regions of the world are engaged in the Global Compact, working to advance 10 UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES in four areas:
> Human Rights > Labour > The Environment > Anti-corruption
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