Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

International Standards

 1907 Hague Convention V respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land

Charter of the United Nations (Art.2, par.4)

Article 3 common to the four 1949 Geneva Conventions,

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)

International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries

Regional Standards

OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa of July 1977