Mercenary Activities in International Law - Customary Law and the United Nations Legal measures to fight mercenary activities find its source in laws adopted at the end of the XIX century regarding the obligation to respect neutrality which were codified in The Hague Convention (N° V) of 1908 concerning the rights and duties of neutral powers and persons in land warfare. ...
"We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of a human person, in the equal rights of men and women in nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom."" ... One of the first orga...
