UN Working Group | Relevant UN Documents

Relevant documents of UN General Assembly and
Office of the High Commisioner for Human Rights

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

• 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)

• Resolution adopted by the General Assembly. Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

• Mandate of the 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

• The use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination. Human Rights Resolution 2005/2