Title	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
Publisher	UN Commission on Human Rights
Author	Economic and Social Council; Enrique Bernales Ballesteros
Publication Date	10 January 2002
Topics	Human rights and fundamental freedoms | Mercenaries | Right to self-determination | Terrorism
Citation / Document Symbol	E/CN.4/2002/20
Reference	Fifty-eighth session (2002)
Cite as	UN Commission on Human Rights, 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, 10 January 2002, E/CN.4/2002/20, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3d6ce3c70.html [accessed 22 May 2023]
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.