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 Mr. Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, Special Rapporteur, pursuant to Commission resolution 2001/3

Economic and Social Council; Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, 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 Mr. Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, Special Rapporteur, pursuant to Commission resolution 2001/3, E/CN.4/2002/20, UN Commission on Human Rights, 10 January 2002, https://www.refworld.org/reference/themreport/unchr/2002/en/66447 [accessed 17 June 2025]
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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 Mr. Enrique Bernales Ballesteros,
Special Rapporteur, pursuant to Commission resolution 2001/3

Comments:
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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