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1977j 323 NOTES Al / The Laws of War and / 2, The Angolan Trial of Mercenaries: Death to the Dogs of War E!r.LIOTLIEQUE - CICR AQ 7. i AJ. DE LA PAD BETWEEN THE 11th and the 19th of June, 1976, the People’s 2fl GENEVE Revolutionary Court of Angola tried and convicted 13 white soldiers on the charge of being mercenaries, finally sentencing nine to prison and four to death.1 This Note entails an examina— tion of the circumstances of that trial. The narrow focus here will be tile aspects of procedural and substantive fairness in the trial, while the broader concern will be the impact of this trial on the development of the laws of war, particularly as regards tile status of mercenaries under international law. This is only the beginning of the larger inquiry which the legal community must undertake. Eventually there should be an cx— amiflatiofl of the proper ends of the laws of war and also a more current determination of the propriety of the means employed in achieving those ends. The international legal community even now is realizing its obligation and is beginning to test the aphorism: ‘‘The end of the law is peace. The means to that end is war. ‘‘2 The world beholds the image of Justice herself struggling, one upraised arm holding the scales in which she weighs the right, the other carrying the sword with which she executes it. Within the context of the Angola trial of mercenaries, this Note attempts to determine whether opposing rights were fairly weighed, or whether the cloak of Justice was rent asunder in the execution. In order to understand the trial, one must know the period and the place in which it occurred. The following is a brief sum— mary of the political and military events which preceded the trial? ‘ANGOLA: Death for ‘Dogs of War’, NEWSWEEK, Jul. 12, 1976, at 32. 2 Dn. RUDOLPh VON JIIERING, TIlE STRUGGLE VOR LAw 1-2 (2nd ed. J. Labor transl. 1915). The author laments: “So long as the law is compelled to hold itself in readiness to resist the attacks of wrong . . . it cannot dispense with war. The life of the law is a struggle . . . of nations, of the state power, of classes, of individuals . . . .“ Id. . ,‘ .. . .

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sha

dbe

enfi

lteri

ngba

ckth

atM

PLA

and

Cub

anfo

rces

had

push

edth

eFN

LA

fact

ion

alm

ost

com

plet

ely

out

ofA

ngol

a28

Bym

id—

Febr

uary

,13

ofth

em

erce

nari

esha

dbe

enca

ptur

edw

hile

on

patr

ol.

Subs

eque

ntly

l)r.

Net

oan

noun

ced

triu

mph

antl

yth

atth

eM

PLA

had

won

the

Ang

olan

civi

lw

ar,

follo

win

gw

hich

the

Sovi

etU

nion

and

26m

embe

rsof

the

Mar

cuni

,id.

at41

6.Id

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417;

STR

ATE

GIC

SUR

VEY

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pra

note

3,at

32.

The

tota

lnu

mbe

rof

troo

psm

ayha

vebe

enas

high

as25

,000

then

,as

itw

asin

June,

acco

rdin

gto

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mia

sC

hitu

ncja

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NIT

AR

epre

sent

ativ

ein

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

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n.22

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76,

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l.3.

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ni,

idat

419;

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at32

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e,,arj

:‘A

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lIM

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Feb.

23,

1976

,at

21—

22.

24Th

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erce

nary

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SW

EE

K,

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9,19

76,

at30

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eric

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re,

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rvie

wby

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arle

sC

obb

for

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iona

lP

ubli

cR

adio

,A

ug.

2-4,

1976

.

Org

aniz

atio

nof

Afr

ican

Uni

tyex

tend

edre

cogn

itio

nto

the

MPL

Agover

nm

ent.

29

Abo

ut3

mon

ths

late

r,th

eju

dici

alpr

oces

sbe

gan.

On

May

26,

1976

,on

eIr

ish,

nine

Bri

tish

and

thre

eA

mer

ican

sold

iers

wer

ein

dict

edby

the

Peop

le’s

Rev

olut

iona

ryC

ourt

ofA

ng

ola

.

Sim

ulta

neou

sly,

the

gove

rnm

ent

ofA

ngol

abe

aded

by1)

r.N

eto

calle

dfo

ran

Inte

rnat

iona

lC

omm

issi

onof

Enq

uiry

,on

Mer

cena

ries

(IC

EM

)to

obse

rve

the

tria

lan

dto

mak

ere

com

men

dati

ons

for

inte

rnat

iona

lac

tion

tode

alw

ith

the

prol

)lem

ofm

erce

nar

ies.

31

On

June

5,Lu

isde

Aln

3eid

a,th

eD

irec

tor

of

Info

rmat

ion

and

Secu

rity

ofA

ngol

a,an

noun

ced

that

the

mer

cena

ries

wer

egu

ilty

,

that

the

Ang

olan

gove

rnm

ent

had

only

tode

cide

how

muc

hto

puni

shth

em,

and

that

Bri

tish

and

Am

eric

anim

peri

alis

mw

ere

real

lyon

tria

l,no

tth

e13

mer

cen

arie

s.32

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June

7,th

eA

ngol

an

Min

iste

rof

Just

ice,

Dio

gene

sB

oavi

da,

open

edan

exhi

bit

inth

eM

useu

mof

Ang

ola

disp

layi

ngw

areq

uipm

ent,

phot

ogra

phs

of

casu

altie

san

dde

stru

ctio

n,ph

otog

raph

sof

capt

ured

docu

men

ts

and

othe

rev

iden

ce(i

nclu

ding

capt

ured

Am

eric

an$1

00bi

lls),

as

wel

las

film

edin

terv

iew

sw

ith

som

eof

the

mer

cenar

ies.

33

On

June

9,te

lls

ofth

ousa

nds

ofA

ngol

ans

mar

ched

thro

ugh

Lua

nda

carr

ying

bann

ers

whi

chde

man

ded

deat

hfo

rth

em

erce

nari

es.

The

rew

ere

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ssid

ents

and

nopl

eas

for

clem

ency

from

tile

gove

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ent

empl

oyee

san

dM

PLA

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ts,

nor

from

the

youn

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hool

chil

dren

who

carr

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plac

ards

urgi

ngth

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em

erce

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es

bek

ille

d.

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tria

lbe

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onFr

iday

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ne11

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ntin

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thro

ugh

the

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the

16th

.T

he

sem

icir

cula

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for

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ted

ball

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ham

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ch,

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ish

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ore

than

100

fore

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jour

nali

sts

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the

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was

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pose

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es,

two

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are

requ

ired

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grad

uate

sin

law

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dal

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m

are

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ppen

dix

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fra.

‘N

.Y.

Tim

es,

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6,19

76,

at13

,C

o1.

I.32

Id.;

Chri

stia

nS

cien

ceM

onit

or,

Jun

.8,

1976

,at

3,co

l.3.

N.Y

.T

imes

,Ju

n.9,

1976

,at

7,co

l.3.

Id.,

Jun.

10,

1976

,at

9,co

t.1.

Art

icle

4,LA

WN

o.7/

76O

FIs

rO

FM

s.v

[her

eina

fter

cite

das

RU

LE

SO

F

PRoc

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was

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36T

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her

lega

llyqu

alif

ied

judg

ew

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eD

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tor

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anT

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isio

n.37

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oof

the

othe

rju

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ers

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PLA

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mil

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the

MPL

A)

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the

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am

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seve

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next

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nal

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lR

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.,pl

eade

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mer

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ries

betr

eate

das

pri

son

ers

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aran

dar

gued

that

they

coul

dno

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puni

shed

for

anac

tw

hich

did

not

viol

ate

any

law

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heco

urt—

appo

inte

dA

ngol

andc

fens

ela

wye

rsem

phas

ized

that

the

dc

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lan

tsw

ere

“too

lsof

impe

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ist

aggr

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on.‘

‘42

The

thre

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ritis

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wye

rspu

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ame

onth

eA

mer

ican

and

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ish

gove

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ents

for

perm

ittin

gth

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clo

sin

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ments

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28,

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verd

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ced.

45T

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ans

and

seve

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reis

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evolu

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but

deat

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ces

mus

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rev

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edby

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ing

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‘‘pr

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ce

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kwoo

d,R

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oN

FIl

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ER

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(197

6).

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Loc

kwoo

dw

asa

mem

ber

ofth

eIn

tern

ano

nal

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mis

sion

of

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yon

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ries

whi

chw

asco

nven

edby

the

gove

rnm

ent

of

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ola.

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obse

rva

tion

sof

and

com

ments

upon

the

tria

lar

ese

tfo

rth

inhi

sR

epor

t.3

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34l€l. N

.Y.

Tim

es,

jun.

18,

1976

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ccl.

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19,

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l.3.

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.

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d.

Id.,

juti.

2)),

1976

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nce

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or,

jun.

21,

1976

,ii

3,ol

.I

N.Y

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,Ju

n.29

,19

76,

at1,

cot.

6.A

rtJe

27,

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LE

SO

FP

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RE

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pra

note

35.

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SI)

LN

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12TH

OF

SE

PT

EM

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R19

7)),

see

App

endi

xI V

ui/

ri.

ofm

erce

nari

smm

ust

befi

nish

edon

this

plan

et”,

beco

nfir

med

tile

deat

hse

nten

ces

onJu

ly948

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follo

win

gda

yC

ahla

n,M

cKen

zie,

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ker

and

Gea

rbar

tw

ere

exec

ute

d.

9

PR

OC

ED

UR

AL

AN

AL

YS

IS

Proc

edur

alA

ngol

anla

ww

asin

heri

ted

from

the

Port

ugue

seci

vil

law

syst

emus

eddu

ring

colo

nial

times

.T

his

syst

emof

civi

lor

stat

utor

yla

wis

char

acte

rize

dby

spec

ific

legi

slat

ive

enac

tmen

ts,

asw

ell

asex

ecut

ive

adm

inis

trat

ive

decr

ees

and

ordi

nanc

es,

trea

ties

and

prot

ocol

s,al

lof

whi

chha

vebe

enco

difie

d.50

Intil

lssy

stem

,ju

dges

part

icip

ilte

activ

ely

inth

eco

urtr

oom

proc

edur

e,w

hich

isan

inqu

isito

rial

proc

ess.

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pres

umpt

ion

isim

plic

itly

one

ofth

eac

cuse

d’s

guil

t,an

dth

een

tire

met

hod

isde

sign

edto

det

erm

ine

the

trut

h.C

ontr

olof

the

proc

eedi

ngs

isno

tco

nced

edto

the

pu

es

but

rest

sin

stea

dw

ith

the

pres

idin

gju

dge.

The

tria

lth

usbe

com

esth

ecu

lmin

atio

no

fa

long

and

thoro

ugh

inves

tigat

ion

byth

eco

urt

,ra

ther

than

aco

nte

stbe

twee

nop

posi

ngco

wis

e Is.

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way

ofco

ntr

ast,

com

nl()

nla

wis

pred

lom

it1m

11tly

judg

e—m

ade

law

,an

dth

esig

nif

ican

tch

arac

teri

stic

isth

edoct

rine

of

pre

ceden

t,by

whi

chth

eju

dges

refe

rto

prev

ious

deci

sion

sin

ord

erto

adju

di

cate

the

case

atis

sue.

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mon

law

tria

lsar

eba

sica

lly

anad

versary

orac

cusa

tori

alpro

cedure

,un

der

whic

hth

eac

cuse

dis

pres

umed

innoce

nt

unti

lpr

oved

guil

tybe

yond

are

ason

able

dd)U

l)t.

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ong

the

safe

guar

dsfo

rth

eac

cuse

dun

der

this

phil

osop

hyof

law

.rc

the

priv

ilege

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nst

self

—in

crim

inat

ion,

tile

rig

ht

tocro

ss—

exam

ine

wit

nes

ses

and

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wri

tof

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rpus

.A

nim

port

ant

feat

ure

of

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sato

rial

piO

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that

tile

judge

ison

lyan

impar

tial

arb

iter

bet

wee

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eli

tig

atin

gp

arti

es.

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lyra

rely

does

the

judge

exer

cise

dis

cret

ion

toin

terv

ene

inti

lesu

bsta

nti

ve

ques

tionin

g,

and

then

only

toav

ert

gra

ve

inju

stic

ean

dn

ot

toad

van

ce

the

case

for

eith

ersi

de.

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embe

r11

,19

75,

the

MIL

Afo

rmed

ago

vern

men

tan

dad

opte

da

const

ituti

on.

5’Su

bseq

uent

legi

slat

ion

was

enac

ted

toen

able

the

vari

ous

gove

rnm

enta

lbr

anch

esto

disc

harg

eth

eir

fun

ctio

ns.

The

prim

eex

ampl

eof

this

isL

awN

c.7/

76of

May

1st,

1976

—“T

heL

awC

onst

itut

ing

the

Peop

le’s

Rev

olut

iona

ryC

ourt

N.Y

.T

imes

,Ju

t.10

,19

76,

at

6,co

l.4.

Id.,

Jut.

II,

1976

,at

1,co

l.5.

SOFo

ra

gene

ral

disc

ussi

ono

fth

etw

osy

stem

s,see

AB

RA

HA

M,

THE

JUD

ICIA

L

PRoc

Ess

12—

17,

98-1

02(1

975)

.SI

‘5.,

.‘5

,4.

SA

.....—

...-.

-..-...,.,

‘5..,

.4t7

(her

eina

fter

cite

das

the

Rul

esof

Proc

edur

e).5

2A

sau

thor

ity

for

enac

ting

this

law

,th

eC

ounc

ilof

the

Rev

olut

ion

cite

sA

rtic

les

32(e

)an

d38

(a)

ofth

eC

onst

itut

iona

lL

aw.

The

seA

rtic

les

deal

,re

spec

tive

ly,

with

the

righ

tsof

the

Pres

iden

tto

prom

ulga

teth

ela

ws

ofth

eC

ounc

ilof

the

Rev

olut

ion,

and

ofth

eC

ounc

ilto

disc

harg

ele

gisl

ativ

efu

nct

ions.

The

law

also

men

tions

Art

icle

44,

whi

chco

ncer

nstil

edi

scha

rge

ofju

ridi

cal

func

tions

and

the

orga

niza

tion

,co

mpo

sitio

n,an

dco

mpe

tenc

eof

the

court

s.54

Ar

ticle

3of

the

Rul

esof

Proc

edur

est

ates

that

the

Cou

rtis

com

pete

ntto

hear

:(1

)C

rim

esag

ains

tth

eA

ngol

anpe

ople

,te

rri

tory

and

gove

rnm

ent;

(2)

acts

and

activ

ities

whi

chth

reat

enth

efu

ndam

enta

lri

ghts

stip

ulat

edin

the

Con

stit

utio

nal

Law

;an

d(3

)var

criln

esan

dcr

imes

agai

nst

huin

anity

.55

Dec

ree

No.

3/75

oftu

e29

thof

Nov

embe

r,19

75,

auth

oriz

esth

eD

irec

tora

teof

Info

rmati

on

and

Secu

rity

ofA

ngol

ato

prep

are

a“C

ase’

’fo

rtr

ial.

Thi

sis

sim

ilar

toth

eFr

ench

doss

ier

pre

pare

dby

anex

amin

ing

mag

istr

ate

(jug

ed’

inst

ruct

ion)

orto

agr

and

jury

indi

ctm

ent

atco

mm

on

law

.In

esse

nce,

the

proc

ess

enta

ilsth

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and

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cts

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ible

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latio

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the

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ase

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dict

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ust

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cate

the

law

san

dru

les

infr

inge

d.58

The

Pres

iden

tof

the

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smis

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dict

men

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ptit

and

issu

ea

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ice

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es”

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set

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te.

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prov

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unde

rA

rtic

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otic

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rges

inco

rpor

ates

the

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ctm

ent,

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tifie

sde

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lfo

rea

chde

fend

ant,

and

notif

ies

the

defe

ndan

tsof

thei

rpr

oced

ural

rights

.52

RU

LES

OF

PR

OC

ED

UR

E,

supr

ano

te35

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ON

ST

ITU

TIO

NA

LL

AW

OF

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NS

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UT

ION

AL

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see

Appendix

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ra.Id

.55

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Loc

kwoo

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pra

note

36,

at

9.Id

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ES

OF

PR

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ED

UR

E,

supr

anote

35.

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case

proc

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totr

ial

if,

afte

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ines

the

file,

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ds“t

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ther

eis

suff

icie

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ntiv

eev

iden

ceto

show

the

crim

inal

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defe

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spr

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unde

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are

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mon

law

that

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cuse

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and

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stem

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and

civi

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univ

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(2),

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cite

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endi

xV

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yers

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edto

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ritis

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ente

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ial

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ty,’

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ts,

Art

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21of

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ain

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the

tria

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the

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accu

sed

need

only

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the

char

ges

ina

wri

tten

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emen

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nse

.63

The

actu

alco

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ofth

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ial

was

som

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tle

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than

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the

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asre

quir

edby

Art

icle

s19

and

23of

the

Rul

esof

Pro

cedure

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urin

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swor

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evid

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from

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ed.

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are

proh

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Art

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22of

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cedure

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his

was

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defe

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lead

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also

,el

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sim

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on

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fro

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the

mot

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stra

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mba

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enin

Ang

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man

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eno

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ifyi

ng.

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ain,

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seem

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culia

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anth

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onus

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the

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evol

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62N

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es,

Jun.

14,

1976

,at

9,co

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FP

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sllp

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35.

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31.

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ents

of

the

crim

eof

mer

cena

rism

:

a)an

yii

id,v

idua

l,gr

oup

or

stat

eb)

inar

med

oppo

sitio

nto

sell—

dete

rmin

atio

nc)

whi

ch1.

orga

nize

s,fin

ance

s,tra

ins,

empl

oys,

supp

orts

am

ilita

ryfo

rce

ofno

n—na

tiona

lsto

act

for

pers

onal

gain

,or

2.en

lists

insu

cha

forc

e,or

3.al

low

ssu

chac

tivity

inits

terr

itor

y.’

16

The

Dra

ftC

onve

ntio

nde

nies

mer

cena

ries

the

prot

ecti

onof

pri

sone

rof

war

stat

usan

dex

hort

sco

ntra

ctin

gpa

rtie

sto

enac

tdo

mes

ticle

gisl

atio

nto

impl

emen

tth

ese

prov

isio

ns.

The

seva

riou

s“d

efin

itio

ns”

are

nom

ore

than

atte

mpt

sto

appl

yst

atic

labe

lsto

ady

nam

icar

eaof

the

law

sof

war

.T

wo

basi

cis

sues

sugg

est

them

selv

esin

this

rega

rd.

Firs

t,w

hat

dist

ingu

ishe

sth

ety

pes

ofco

nflic

tin

whi

chm

erce

nari

esar

een

gage

d?Se

cond

,w

hat

righ

tsan

dre

spon

sibi

litie

sar

epl

aced

upon

mer

cena

ries

inea

chty

peof

conf

lict?

As

will

bese

en,

the

righ

tsan

dob

ligat

ions

ofm

erce

nari

esdo

not

depe

ndup

onw

heth

erth

eco

nflic

tin

whi

chth

eypa

rtic

ipat

eis

decl

ared

orun

decl

ared

.T

he19

49G

enev

aC

onve

ntio

nsap

ply

not

only

tode

clar

edw

arbu

tal

soto

“any

othe

rar

med

conf

lict

whi

chm

ayar

ise

betw

een

two

orm

ore

ofth

eH

igh

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies,

even

ifti

lest

ate

ofw

aris

not

reco

gniz

edby

one

ofth

em.”

”7

Not

edco

mm

enta

tor

Ric

hard

Falk

has

poin

ted

out

that

“war

fare

betw

een

state

snow

most

frequentl

yta

kes

plac

ew

ithin

asi

ngle

nati

onal

soci

ety

..

.S

ignif

icant

mult

inati

onal

part

icip

ati

on

tran

sfor

ms

anin

tern

alw

arin

toa

spec

ies

of

itit

erna

tion

alla

w.”

18T

his

asse

rtio

nis

the

basi

sof

his

argu

men

tth

atth

etr

adit

iona

lcr

iter

iafo

rdi

stin

guis

hing

inte

rnat

iona

lfr

omna

tion

alco

nfli

cts

are

inad

equa

tefo

rm

oder

niie

eds.

He

furt

her

cont

ends

that

now

itis

esse

ntia

lth

atsu

bsta

ntia

lpa

rtic

ipat

ion

inth

ein

tern

alw

arby

priv

ate

orpu

blic

grou

psex

tern

alto

the

soci

ety

expe

rien

cing

viol

ence

serv

eas

aba

sis

for

inte

rnat

iona

lizi

ngci

vil

stri

fe.’

”U

nive

rsal

acce

ptan

ceof

this

idea

wou

ldun

doub

tedl

yhe

lpto

brin

gin

tern

atio

nal

law

into

clos

erto

uch

wit

hth

ere

alit

ies

of

wor

ldpo

liti

cs.

Alr

eady

ther

eis

ast

eady

pres

sure

both

wit

hin

and

wit

hout

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Gen

eral

Ass

embl

yfo

ran

exte

nsio

no

fco

mba

tant

stat

usto

incl

ude

new

form

san

dcl

asse

san

dto

excl

ude

othe

rs.

Inth

eco

ntex

tof

guer

rill

aw

arfa

re,

Dra

per

indi

cate

sth

ere

ispr

essu

reto

rem

ove

the

dist

inct

ion

asto

law

ful

stat

usas

coin

—ba

tant

sfo

rth

ose

enga

ged

inin

tern

atio

nal

and

non—

inte

rnat

iona

lco

nfl

icts

.’T

his

ison

eof

tile

mai

nar

eas

ofco

nfro

ntat

ion,

liebe

liev

es,

inw

hich

the

futu

resh

ape

ofa

cruc

ial

part

ofth

ela

wof

war

will

have

tobe

reso

lved

bygo

vern

men

ts.

1)ra

per

sees

two

tren

dsin

the

legi

tim

atio

npr

oces

s:

Firs

t,th

eac

cept

edvi

ewth

atco

mm

oncr

imin

als

wh

ore

sort

toar

med

forc

eto

achi

eve

thei

ren

ds,

are

tobe

excl

uded

from

auy

attr

ibut

ion

of

law

ful

coni

bata

ncy.

Seco

nd,

we

are

seei

nga

wid

enin

gof

the

idea

of

apo

litic

alst

rugg

leca

rrie

dou

tby

arm

edfo

rce

bein

gw

ithin

the

cont

rol

ofth

eex

istin

gla

wof

war

.Th

isha

sth

eco

rolla

ryth

atth

ose

who

part

icip

ate

insu

cha

stru

ggle

,w

heth

erop

enly

orcl

ande

stin

ely

and

spor

adic

ally

,sh

ould

hetr

eate

das

law

ful

com

bata

nts

entit

led

toth

efu

llst

atus

ofpr

ison

ers

ofw

arup

onca

ptur

e.’

2’

114

Dec

lara

tion

of

Lua

nda,

10th

June

1976

,IC

EM

,se

eA

ppen

dix

VII

infr

a.11

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raft

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vent

ion

onth

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reve

ntio

nan

dS

uppr

essi

onof

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cena

rism

,IC

EM

,se

eA

ppen

dix

VII

Iin

fra.

116

Id.

at

art.

One

.11

5A

rtic

le2,

from

whi

chth

isst

atem

ent

isdr

awn,

isco

mm

onto

all

four

Conventi

ons.

See

Gen

eva

Con

vent

ion

For

the

Am

elio

rati

onof

the

Con

diti

onof

the

Wou

nded

and

Sick

inA

rmed

Forc

esin

the

Fiel

d,A

ug.

12,

1949

,[1

956]

6U

.S.T

.31

14,

T.I

.A.S

.N

o.33

62;

Gen

eva

Con

vent

ion

for

the

Am

erli

ora

tio

nof

tile

Con

diti

ono

fW

ound

ed,

Sick

and

Shi

pwre

cked

Mem

bers

of

Arm

edF

orce

sat

Sea,

Aug

.12

,19

49,

[195

6]6

U.S

.T.

3217

,T

.I.A

.S.

No.

3363

;G

enev

aC

onven

tion

Rel

eati

veto

the

Tre

atm

ent

of

Pri

sone

rsof

War

,A

ug.

12,

1949

,[1

956]

6

U.S

.T.

3316

,T

.I.A

.S.

No.

3364

;G

enev

aC

onve

ntio

nR

elat

ive

toth

ePr

otec

tion

of

Civ

ilia

nPe

rson

sin

Tim

eo

fW

ar,

Aug

.12

,19

49,

[195

616

U.S

.T.

3516

,T

.I.A

.S.

No.

3365

.11

8Fa

lk,

The

Inte

rnat

iona

lLa

wof

Inte

rnal

War

,in

INT

EI1

NA

TIO

NA

LA

SP

EC

TS

OF

CIv

ILST

RIFE

218

fJ.R

osen

aued

.19

64).

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.at

223.

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raper

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eSt

atus

ofC

omba

tant

san

dth

eQ

uest

ion

ofG

uerr

illa

War

fare

,45

BEl

T.Y

.B

.IN

T’L

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3,18

4(1

971)

[her

eina

fter

cite

das

Dra

per]

.F

ora

dis

cus

sion

of

the

rule

sof

war

fare

asth

eyre

late

togu

erril

law

arfa

rean

dre

volu

tion

ary

war

,es

peci

ally

thos

eru

les

deal

ing

wit

hth

est

atus

and

trea

tmen

tof

capt

ured

com

bata

nts,

see

Kin

g,R

evol

utio

nary

War

,G

uerri

llaW

arfa

re,

and

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rnat

iona

lLa

w,

4C

AsE

W.

RES.

J.IN

T’L

L.91

ctse

q.(1

972)

.Il

lId

.

The

Inte

rnat

iona

lC

omm

itte

eof

the

Red

Cro

ssre

ache

da

sim

ilar

conc

lusi

on.

Itsre

port

note

dth

atw

hen

ther

eis

fore

ign

mil

itar

yin

terv

enti

onon

the

insu

rgen

ts’

side

,“t

here

wou

ldse

emno

doub

tth

atth

ela

ws

and

cust

oms

[of

war

]sh

ould

beap

plie

das

aw

hole

toth

eco

nflic

t,w

hich

thus

beco

mes

ofan

inte

rnat

iona

lna

ture

.“It

isun

clea

rw

heth

er“i

nter

vent

ion”

incl

udes

troo

ps,

arm

sor

supp

lies

and

how

subs

tant

ial

such

assi

stan

cew

ould

have

tobe

. For

the

purp

ose

ofde

term

inin

gth

ege

nera

lst

atus

ofm

erce

nari

esun

der

the

cust

omar

yin

tern

atio

nal

law

sof

war

,on

eca

nre

fer

toA

rtic

leI

ofth

eH

ague

Res

olut

ions

of19

0712

3an

dto

Art

icle

4A(1

)an

d(2

)of

the

1949

Gen

eva

Pris

oner

sof

War

Convcnti

on.I

MT

uela

tter

inco

rpor

ates

and

exte

nds

the

clas

sifi

catio

nof

pris

oner

ofw

arw

hile

pres

ervi

ngth

efo

urba

sic

cond

itio

nsof

the

Hag

ueR

esol

utio

ns.

Thi

sst

atus

isfa

rfr

omcl

ear,

but

toqu

alif

yas

ala

wfu

lco

mba

tant

,a

mer

cena

ryw

ould

have

tom

eet

the

follo

win

gco

nditi

ons:

1A(1

)I-I

cm

ust

bea

mem

ber

ofan

“org

aniz

ed”

grou

p—

arm

edfo

rces

,m

ilit

ia,

volu

ntee

rco

rps,

orga

nize

dre

sist

ance

nrnv

emen

t.(2

)H

em

ust

belo

ngto

“aPa

rty

toth

eco

nfli

ct”

—ev

enii

ther

eis

anor

gani

zed

grou

pw

ith

itsow

nco

mm

ande

r,th

em

embe

rsw

illno

tha

veco

mba

tant

stat

usif

itla

cks

the

nec

essa

ryco

nnec

tion

with

aPa

rty

toth

eco

nflic

t.(3

)H

em

ust

be“c

omm

ande

dby

ape

rson

resp

onsi

ble

for

his

subo

rdin

ates

”—

the

com

man

der

mus

tha

vean

ac

know

ledg

edpo

sitio

nof

auth

orit

ysu

chth

atth

eco

nditi

ons

requ

ired

for

law

ful

com

bata

ncy

may

bese

cure

din

prac

tice

.(4

)H

em

ust

have

a“f

ixed

dist

inct

ive

sign

reco

gniz

able

ata

dist

ance

”—

—th

ete

stno

rmal

lyac

cept

edis

that

the

indiv

idua

lm

ust

bepe

rman

entl

ym

arke

dso

that

heis

dist

ingu

ish—

able

from

anor

dina

rype

acef

ulci

vilia

nat

adi

stan

ceat

whi

chw

eapo

nsca

nbe

used

byor

onth

em.

(5)

He

mus

tca

rry

arm

s‘‘

open

ly’’

—th

isis

sim

ilar

to(4

)in

scop

ean

ddi

ffic

ulty

ofen

forc

emen

t.(6

)H

em

ust

cond

uct

oper

atio

ns“i

nac

cord

ance

wit

hth

ela

ws

and

cust

oms

ofw

ar”

—th

ism

eans

unac

cept

able

beha

vior

,su

chas

mur

deri

ngor

tort

urin

gpr

ison

ers.

‘uit

hth

epo

ssib

leex

cept

ion

of(6

)ab

ove,

thes

eco

nditi

ons

ap

ply

toth

eA

ngol

ande

fend

ants

.So

licite

d,gr

eete

dan

des

cort

edby

Hol

den

Rob

erto

,th

eyen

tere

dA

ngol

aar

med

anti

inti

mfo

rm.

Itw

ascl

ear

that

Cal

lan

was

the

field

com

man

der,

and

atth

etr

ial

heac

cept

edre

spon

sibi

lity

for

thei

rac

tions

.By

and

larg

e,th

eyob

serv

edth

ela

ws

and

cust

oms

ofw

ar,

alth

ough

the

exec

utio

nof

13ho

mes

ick

Bri

tons

byC

ahla

nan

dM

cKen

zie

mig

htar

guab

lyvi

olat

eth

atco

ndit

ion.

Inan

yev

ent,

Art

icle

5of

thw

Pris

oner

sof

War

Con

vent

ion

prov

ides

:“S

houl

dan

ydo

ubt

aris

eas

tow

heth

erpe

rson

s,ha

ving

com

mit

ted

abe

llig

eren

tac

tan

dhav

ing

falle

nin

toth

eha

nds

ofth

een

emy,

belo

ngto

any

ofth

eca

tego

ries

enum

erat

edin

Art

icle

4,su

chpe

rson

ssh

all

enjo

yth

epro

tect

ion

of

the

pres

ent

Con

vetit

ion

until

such

time

asth

eir

stat

usha

sbe

ende

term

ined

bya

com

pete

nttr

ibun

al.”

12?

Fur

ther

mor

e,if

anin

cum

bent

gove

rnm

ent

show

sli

ttle

mer

cyin

its

cond

uct

tow

ard

capt

ured

rebe

ls,

itca

nm

ost

assu

redl

yan

tici

pate

like

treat—

rnen

tin

the

even

tth

ere

bels

are

ulti

mat

ely

vict

orio

us.

Sinc

eth

eou

tcom

eof

inte

rnal

revo

luti

onar

yw

ars

isse

ldom

cert

ain,

itis

toev

ery

part

y’s

adva

ntag

eto

act

inac

cord

wit

hth

ese

gene

ral

hu

man

itar

ian

prin

cipl

es.

NiJ

RN

BE

RG

CH

AR

TE

R

Itha

slo

ngbe

enes

tabl

ishe

din

cust

omar

yin

tern

atio

nal

law

that

abe

llig

eren

tha

sau

thor

ity

totr

yan

dto

puni

shin

divi

dual

sfo

rcr

imes

whi

chco

nsti

tute

viol

atio

nsof

the

law

san

dcu

stom

sof

war

,as

wel

las

the

law

sof

hum

anit

y,w

hen

such

pers

ons

fall

wit

hin

itspow

er.

128

The

mer

cena

ries

havi

ngbe

enbr

ough

tw

ithi

nits

juri

sdic

tion

,th

ePe

ople

’sR

evol

utio

nary

Cou

rtso

ught

out

inte

rna

tiona

lla

ws

byw

hich

totr

yan

dto

puni

shth

ese

defe

ndan

ts.

As

the

sour

ceof

itsch

arge

ofcr

imes

agai

nst

peac

e,th

eC

ourt

note

dth

e

Indi

ctm

ent,

supr

ano

te30

.12

7G

enev

aC

onve

ntio

nR

elat

ive

toth

eT

reat

men

tof

Pri

sone

rsof

War

,su

pra

note

117.

‘Fi

nch,

The

Nur

einb

eig

Tria

lan

dIn

tern

atio

nal

Law

,41

AM

.J.

INT’

LL

.20

,21

(194

7).

See

also

Bid

dle,

The

Nur

embe

rpTr

ial.

31V

AIfl

17

O.,.....

(iC

4

122

RE

PO

RT

OF

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AT

ION

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ITT

EE

OF

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EA

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AT

ION

AN

DD

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EL

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ME

NT

OF

TH

EL

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SA

ND

CU

ST

OM

SA

PP

LIC

AU

LE

INA

RM

ED

CO

NF

LIC

TS

,2IS

TIN

TE

RN

AT

ION

AL

CON

FERE

NCE

OF

TH

ER

ED

CR

oss

.100

(196

9).

‘H

ague

Conven

tion

(IV

)R

espec

ting

the

Law

san

dC

usto

ms

of

War

onL

and,

Oct

.18

,19

07;

[191

0]36

ST

AT

.22

77.

2295

;se

eal

soF

RIE

DM

AN

,T

HE

LA

WO

FW

AR

308,

313

(197

2),

and

SC

HIN

DL

ER

AN

DT

OM

AN

,TI

lEL

AW

SO

FA

RM

ED

CO

NF

LIC

TS

57C

tse

q.(1

973)

.‘

Gen

eva

Conven

tion

Rel

ativ

eto

the

Tre

atm

ent

of

Pri

sone

rsof

War

,su

pra

note

117.

IId

.Se

eal

soM

alil

son

and

Mal

liso

n,Th

eJu

ridic

alSt

atus

ofIrr

egul

arC

oin

bat

1znts

tinde

rth

eIn

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—se

ep.

110(

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dal

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eB

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per

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p.11

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tth

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ina

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terv

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nto

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NB

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port

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ary

1976

,co

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med

that

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eric

anfe

dera

lgo

vern

men

tfu

nds

wer

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ing

dive

rted

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ew

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Ang

ola,

sinc

eth

eU

nite

dSt

ates

was

co—

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atin

gw

ith

frie

ndly

coun

trie

sen

gage

din

the

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olan

conf

lict

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ep.

1020

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urth

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ase

cret

repo

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iona

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com

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help

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dju

stin

vest

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furt

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ilar

sin

the

Ang

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conf

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dth

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efr

ame

wor

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ctU

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invo

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ent

inth

atco

nflic

t.[9

]T

his

open

inte

rven

tion

inth

etr

agic

even

tsin

Ang

ola

had

been

reco

mm

ende

dby

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top

secr

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head

ed,

amon

got

hers

,by

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rect

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and

was

apa

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the

“New

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k”of

Am

eric

anfo

reig

npo

licy,

whi

ch,

asa

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ltof

the

deb.

ice

iii

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tn.i

iii,

was

iiit

eid.d

toch

ange

the

colo

urof

thu

corp

ses

—se

ep.

996.

[I0]

TIt

us,

the

fuct

sin

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teth

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eS.

A.S

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asa

(IA

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idia

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in[I

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i1th

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ritis

ligo

vern

men

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owth

is?

S.A

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did

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cena

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isin

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ine

wsp

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san

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ere

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give

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the

me

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ltout

pass

port

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per

with

the

S.A

. S.

initi

als

onit

tobe

able

topa

ssfr

eely

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die

exit

door

s.[1

2]\V

hiat

ism

ore,

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old

‘/il

son

mad

eit

clea

rdii

ilie

knew

abou

t(li

ere

crti

nili

gof

mer

cena

ries

and

that

itni

volv

eil

‘‘va

stsu

nis’

’of

mon

eyan

dco

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mil

itar

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equ

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nas

tow

heth

eror

not

lieth

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tth

eC

IAw

asin

volv

edin

the

1)1151

lieS5

[13]

How

ever

,th

e(I

Ain

volv

enie

nt

had

been

ptib

lel

yre

veal

edby

John

Ban

ksln

iuse

lf,

who

had

poin

ted

out

that

(lie

liais

onag

ent

was

one

Maj

orJa

mes

F.L

eona

rd,

assi

stan

tm

ilit

ary

attic

hic

attil

eA

mer

ican

emba

ssy

inL

ondo

nsi

nce

june

1973

—se

epp

.11

42an

d11

20,

‘‘T

heT

imes

’’of

23—

2—76

iiil

‘Ili

eO

bser

ver’

’of

1—2—

76.

[14]

The

refo

re,

how

can

ther

ebe

any

doub

tab

out

the

acti

veco

mpl

icit

yof

die

lInt

isis

Gov

enis

men

t,at

atim

e,m

oreo

ver,

whe

nth

atgo

vern

ilie

ntw

asof

hici

ally

call

ing

for

die

recr

uitm

ent

offo

rces

for

Isra

el?

[15]

Itis

ther

efor

ecl

ear

that

die

maj

orC

apita

list

pow

ers

were

agre

eing

amon

gtli

eiiis

elve

son

ia

pro

gr;

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nle

for

the

over

diro

wof

ihie

Peop

le’s

Rep

ublic

ofA

ngol

aan

dth

at,

havi

ngre

alis

edth

atdi

rect

mil

ita

ryin

terv

elit

ioii

was

uiiv

iabh

e,

they

reso

rted

topr

ivat

ear

iiiie

s.W

hich

they

regi

men

ted,

arm

edan

dpa

id.

And

rite

tlefe

ndai

itsw

ere

infa

ctth

ein

stru

men

tsfo

rth

eac

tion

ofth

ispo

litic

alor

ches

tra

non

[16]

But

itw

asth

eS.

A.S

.ag

ency

that

proc

eede

dto

recr

uit

liter

—ce

nari

esfo

rR

hode

sia

and

mer

cena

ries

for

Ang

ola.

The

latt

ernum

bere

d12

8an

d,di

vide

din

totw

ogr

oups

,th

eyw

ere

sent

toK

insh

asa

via

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ssel

s.[1

7]A

ndtil

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ency

was

prep

arin

gto

send

5(X)

mor

em

erce

nari

esth

efo

llow

ing

fort

nigh

t.[1

8]T

hese

mer

cena

ries

wer

eco

ntra

cted

for

ape

riod

ofsi

xm

onth

sat

ara

teof

pay

of15

0po

unds

aw

eek

paid

inA

mer

ican

doll

ars,

and

thei

rjo

b,on

the

batt

lefr

onts

oras

mem

bers

ofm

ilit

ary

supp

ort

grou

ps,

was

tojo

inth

efo

rces

oftil

ean

ti—na

tiona

list

F.N

.L.A

.gr

oup

for

the

PU

I3O

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help

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toov

erth

row

the

legi

tim

ate

gove

rnm

ent

ofrit

eyo

ung

Peop

le’s

Rep

ublic

ofA

ngol

a,th

atis

,to

ensu

reth

atth

eF.

N. L

.A.,

usin

gvi

olen

tm

eans

therefore,

shou

ldga

inpo

litic

alco

ntro

lof

the

coun

try.

[19]

All

the

defe

ndan

tsw

ere

perf

ectl

yco

nsci

ous

ofth

atm

issi

on!

[20]

2—

Inth

eU

nite

dSt

ates

ofA

nier

ica,

the

mer

cena

ryag

ency

wor

kfo

rA

ngol

aan

dR

hode

sia

was

done

mai

nly

byon

eD

avid

Buf

kin,

am

anin

volv

edw

ith

anil

lust

rate

dpu

blic

atio

nde

vote

dto

prom

otin

g

the

myt

hof

mer

cena

risn

itan

dca

lled

“Sol

dier

of’

l’or

tuiie

‘‘.

And

tIle

adve

rtis

ing

for

the

aget

icy

wor

kw

asdo

neii

ith

atin

.lgaz

inc

assv

ehl

asin

new

spap

ers

and

onte

levi

sion

.A

ppro

ved

cand

idat

esw

ere

sent

toK

insh

iisa,

via

Pari

sor

Bru

ssel

s,.ii

idtin

der

the

tute

lage

ol’

the

Z.ii

reem

bass

yii

iW

ashi

ngto

n—

see

p.51

7.[2

1]A

tth

esa

itie

nine

,th

eF.

B.I.

had

prec

ise

know

ledg

e.ib

oiit

thus

traf

fic

inw

arpr

osti

tute

s—

see

p.11

4—

anti

did

noth

ing

todi

stur

bit

.[2

2)‘[

liedc

G.it

tlaiit

sw

ithA

mer

ican

pass

port

sw

ere

titus

cont

ract

edby

Bui

kin

,fo

ra

mon

thly

pay

of12

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s,La

xfr

eean

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pple

men

ted

byva

riou

sca

shbo

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s,[2

3]‘[

hey

wer

equ

iteco

nsci

ous

that

they

wer

eco

min

gto

Ang

ola

tojo

inth

em

ilit

ary

forc

esof

the

F.N

.L.A

.,w

hose

desi

gnan

dve

ntur

ew

asdi

rect

edto

war

dsth

esa

ngui

nary

seiz

ure

ofpo

litic

alpo

wer

.[2

4]3

—In

side

the

boid

ers

of’

Ang

ola,

the

mer

cena

ries

dest

roye

dbr

idge

s,bu

ihiii

igs

and

coni

iiini

iicat

ioii

lines

,.si

iiash

ie,l

prop

erty

,ind

iii—

dust

rial

equi

piiie

iit,

and

plun

dere

dve

hicl

es,

mon

eyan

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ops.

1he

ym

ined

field

sau

thpa

ths,

sepa

rate

dfa

mili

esan

dsp

read

Iiir

,sh

ame

and

outr

age.

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irle

gend

was

svro

tigl

itw

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pe,

sack

ing,

wro

ngfu

lre

sts,

burn

ings

,to

rtur

ean

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war

r,ui

tecl

killi

ng.

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ngth

epa

ths

(lie)

’us

ed,

inth

evi

llage

sth

eyoc

cupi

ed,

rile

yle

ftlse

hiinit

hth

em.i

trai

lof

dead

wit

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ide

open

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red

hope

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omac

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bayo

nets

,ch

ildr

enm

angl

edby

shel

lsan

dth

ehi

ving

fille

dw

ith

dre.

id.

[25]

Itw

asan

orgy

0fct

tiite

nipi

[26)

But

itis

ach

aris

itiat

icpr

inci

ple

ofso

cial

ist

law

,.ii

idiio

tof

ital

one,

that

pena

lre

spon

sibi

lity

mus

tbe

indi

vidu

ahis

edii

ite

rms

of

guilt

.[2

7]M

oreo

ver,

thus

prin

cipl

eis

expr

essl

y.it

Iini

tiei

inth

eIn

ter

natio

nal

Pact

onC

ivil

and

Polit

ical

Rig

hts.

[281

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ceth

ein

lpor

taii

ceof

’sp

ecif

ying

wha

tch

eiiie

ritth

ere

hi,ts

iii

foct

been

in(li

eac

tivi

tyof

each

ofih

icde

f’ei

idai

its,

[29)

All

of’

the

inpa

ton

rut

uri

its.t

usd

e.i r

rted

aw

eap

t iii

toti g

lut

the

legi

tiun.

itego

veri

iiiie

iitof

’a

I’ree

and

sove

reig

nfo

reig

nco

untr

yre

cogn

ised

byth

eco

nuiti

tuut

ityof

’na

tions

,[3

1)]

All

ofth

emco

nsci

ousl

yan

dde

libe

rate

lyvi

olat

eddi

ebo

rder

of’

Ang

ola

iiid

took

part

inco

iiib.

itac

tions

with

iiudi

en.

itiou

iai

terr

itor

y.[3

1]A

llth

ede

fend

ants

sver

eal

soco

nsci

ous

that

they

wer

epa

rtof

’a

stab

lean

dor

gani

sed

grou

psv

hich

was

onth

efr

inge

oftil

ela

wan

dge

ared

toac

hiev

ea

polit

ical

plan

tobe

carr

ied

out

bycr

imin

alm

eans

,[3

2]‘[

hey

ther

efor

eco

nsti

tute

da

cons

pira

cy,

whi

chis

pmui

sln;

ble

tinde

ral

lev

olve

die

utii

syst

ems

—se

eA

rc.

263

ofrit

ePe

nal

Cod

ein

forc

e,[3

3]W

ith

rega

rdto

def’

enda

ntC

alia

n,

anex

—pa

ratr

oopc

rii

ith

eB

ritis

har

my

who

was

sent

ence

dto

iluip

riso

nine

nt!i

thi

sco

untr

yfo

rii

uas

saul

ton

apo

stof

fice

,lie

had

tlic’

unih

itary

eoui

iman

dof

all

the

anti—

nati

onal

forc

esst

atio

ned

inno

rthe

rnA

ngol

aan

dw

orke

dve

rycl

osel

yw

ith

the

pres

iden

tof

the

so—

calle

dF.

N.L

.A.

And

1)ec

aUse

soni

cof

his

had

tired

ata

vehi

cle

onth

em

ista

ken

supp

ositi

onth

atit

was

anen

emy

vehi

cle,

defe

ndan

tC

alla

n,af

ter

havi

ngre

liev

edth

ienu

ofth

eir

wea

pons

and

clot

hing

,sh

oton

eof

’rh

ent

aiid

orde

red

the

e xcc

utio

izot

the

rein

.un—

ing

thir

teen

.‘F

lue

mas

sex

ecut

ion

took

plac

eat

11an

n.ou

t1

Febr

uary

1976

,an

dde

fend

ant

McK

enzi

eto

okpa

rtin

it,

as.in

auth

orof

’it.

[34]

lint

itis

wor

thw

hile

know

ing

how

rIte

slau

ghte

rto

okpl

ace:

“I-I

clin

eddi

emup

onth

eed

geof

ava

lley,

alit

tletin

yva

lley,

told

them

toru

ndo

wn

into

the

valle

y.H

eor

dere

dth

eEn

glis

htr

oops

toop

enfir

ean

dth

eyal

lm

asse

dab

out

with

thei

rw

eapo

nsan

dhe

cut

the

lot

ofth

emus

ing

asu

b—m

achi

negu

n.H

edi

dn’t

kill

any

ofth

embu

tbl

ewa

lot

ofpe

ople

,an

das

..

.yo

ukn

ow.

..

ashe

open

edup

all

thei

rst

omac

hs,

blew

thei

rar

ms

off,

and

with

all

ofth

atel

even

guys

wer

elit

eral

lybl

own

topi

eces

but

still

aliv

e,an

dC

opel

and

agai

nw

asw

alki

ngup

toth

emsa

ying

..

you

know

..

.a

guy

was

sayi

ngki

llm

eki

llm

ean

dC

opel

and

was

sayi

ng:

‘wan

tto

die?

’,so

hesa

id:

‘yea

’,an

dhe

said

:‘A

irig

ht,

sosh

oot

bins

’.

..

you

know

.’’—

testi

mo

ny

of

mercen

ary

Chr

isI)

emps

ter

P.68

5.[3

5]A

part

from

the

14B

ritis

hm

erce

nari

es,

Cal

lan

also

kille

dtw

oA

ngol

ans,

both

ofth

empr

ison

ers,

aslie

him

self

conf

esse

d.[3

6]A

ndhe

also

kille

da

thir

d,w

itha

shot

inth

em

outh

,fo

rha

ving

c(>t

siiiii

tceLl

rape

,ac

cord

ing

toth

ete

stin

iony

ofJo

hnlla

iiks,

who

said

liew

aspr

esen

t.M

ost

ofth

ew

itnes

ses

calle

dat

the

tria

lsp

oke

ofth

ew

ave

ofm

urde

rsca

rrie

dou

tby

Cal

lan,

and

itw

asth

eBr

itish

mer

cena

ries

them

selv

es,

his

com

pani

ons

inar

ms,

who

clas

sifie

dhi

mas

‘‘aho

mic

idal

man

iac,

who

spen

ta

lot

oftim

eki

lling

blac

ksju

stfo

rin

n’’

—se

ep.

1142

.[3

7]D

efen

dant

McK

enzi

e,on

eof

the

mai

npe

rson

sw

hoca

rrie

dou

tw

hat

Cal

lan

will

ed,

took

anac

tive

part

inth

em

assa

cre

ofth

eB

ritis

hm

erce

nari

es,

who

mhe

shot

inco

ldbl

ood,

with

out

any

conc

ern

for

givi

ngth

ema

quic

kde

ath.

He

isal

sogu

ilty

ofth

reat

enin

gan

dbe

atin

gci

vilia

ns.

[38]

I.)ef

enda

ntD

erek

Bar

ker

was

the

head

ofth

em

ilita

ryga

rris

onat

Sant

oA

nton

ioda

Zai

re.

[39]

And

defe

ndan

tG

earh

eart

[sic

],a

vete

ran

Iron

sV

ietn

am,

whe

relie

serv

edin

the

Am

eric

anar

my

secu

rity

sect

ion,

offe

red

him

self

asa

mer

cena

ryin

ast

rang

ead

vert

isem

ent

publ

ishe

din

“Sol

dier

ofFo

rtun

e”,

and

sent

10do

llars

toth

e‘‘

7ild

Gee

seC

lub’

’,a

club

ofm

erce

nari

esw

hich

has

asits

high

prie

stth

eno

tori

ous

Mik

e1-

bare

,re

spon

sibl

efo

rti

lem

ass

slau

ghte

rsin

tile

Con

go.

Con

trar

yto

wha

tis

clai

med

byth

ede

fend

ant,

the

‘‘W

ildG

eese

Clu

b’’

isno

ran

info

rma

tion

agen

cyalit

1,as

can

bega

ther

edfr

omp.

450

ofth

eca

sefil

e,th

ete

ndo

llars

hese

ntw

ere

inte

nded

for

his

adm

issi

onas

am

embe

rof

that

sin

iste

rorganis

ati

on

.

[40]

/lia

tis

mor

e,th

ede

fend

ant

ente

red

Kin

shas

aid

entif

ying

him

self

asa

busi

ness

man

,an

dlie

had

aso

lidpo

litic

aled

ucat

ion

and

good

gene

ral

cultu

ral

leve

l.D

urin

gth

em

edic

alex

amin

atio

n,do

cum

ente

don

p.[i

llegi

ble]

the

defe

ndan

tde

scri

bed

him

self

asa

stud

ent

ofp

sych

olog

yan

dhi

stor

y.[4

1]A

ndal

thou

ghth

ere

still

rem

ain

doub

tsas

toth

etr

uere

ason

sfo

rth

epr

esen

cein

the

nort

hof

the

coun

try,

ther

ear

eno

doub

tsth

athe

isa

high

lyda

nger

ous

char

acte

r.[4

2]D

efen

dant

Gru

b,a

Vie

tnam

war

vete

ran,

has

ago

odcu

ltura

lle

vel

and

beha

ved

with

inte

nse

mal

ice.

Acc

entu

ated

mal

ice

was

also

note

din

[ille

gibl

e]of

defe

ndan

ts:

Mar

chan

tan

dW

isem

an[4

3]W

ithre

gard

tode

fend

ants

Nam

nmoc

k,A

cker

and

Mci

ntyr

e,th

eir

[ille

gibl

e]le

vels

ofda

nger

ousn

ess

and

thei

rag

eha

vebe

enno

ted

inth

eir

favo

ur.

[44]

Som

eof

the

defe

ndan

tsal

som

ined

brid

ges

and

road

san

dde

stro

yed

prop

erty

and

equi

pmen

t.It

isun

ders

tood

,ho

wev

er,

that

such

acts

cam

ew

ithin

the

conc

ept

ofm

ilita

ryop

erat

ions

,so

that

they

are

not

inth

emse

lves

sufl

icie

ntto

char

acte

rise

orfu

lfil

the

lega

lpro

visi

ons

for

acr

ime

agai

nst

the

peac

e.[4

5]A

sre

gard

sth

eho

ldin

gun

der

dure

ssof

the

peas

ants

Ant

onio

and

Send

aIs

abel

,w

ithw

hich

som

eof

the

defe

ndan

tsar

ech

arge

d,it

istr

ueth

atth

ede

fend

ants

offe

red

them

aw

atch

and

ace

rtai

nsu

mof

mon

eyto

com

pens

ate

for

the

loss

esth

eyha

dsu

stai

ned.

Such

anof

fer

dim

inis

hes

mal

ice,

whi

chis

anes

sent

ial

elem

ent

inth

ecr

ime

ofpr

ivat

ede

nten

tion.

Eve

nha

dth

isno

tbe

enso

,ho

wev

er,

the

epis

ode

happ

ened

inth

edi

sord

erof

the

mili

tary

retr

eat,

and

the

defe

ndan

tsef

fect

edth

ede

tent

ion.

Even

had

this

not

been

so,

how

ever

,th

eep

isod

eha

ppen

edin

shor

t,th

eyco

uld

alw

ays

have

used

the

excu

seof

nece

ssity

.

13.—

But

itis

now

impo

rtan

tto

look

into

the

appl

icab

lela

w.

[46]

Mer

cena

risn

sw

asno

ttin

know

nin

trad

ition

alpe

nal

law

,w

here

itw

asal

way

sde

alt

with

inre

latio

nto

hom

icid

e.[4

7]It

was

said

,ii

ia

brie

fde

fini

tion,

that

am

erce

nary

was

anag

ent

who

com

mitt

eda

crim

efo

rw

ages

.T

hepr

ime

mot

ive

for

the

crim

ew

asth

eref

ore

alw

ays

the

feel

ing

ofgr

eed,

whi

chis

mor

eove

rth

ere

ason

for

the

seve

rem

oral

cond

emna

tion

this

type

ofcr

ime

has

alw

ays

incu

rred

.[4

8]A

ndm

erce

nary

hom

icid

e,th

enkn

own

asas

sass

inat

ion,

was

trea

ted

asa

spec

ial

crim

ein

som

ele

gisl

atio

n,w

hile

inot

hers

itw

asse

enas

afo

rmof

prem

edita

ted

hom

icid

e.[4

9]In

all

case

s,ho

wev

er,

seve

repu

nish

men

tw

asal

way

sat

tach

edto

mer

cena

ryho

mic

ide,

[50]

And

cert

ainl

yth

roug

hout

the

19th

cent

ury,

ther

ew

asm

uch

deba

teon

whe

ther

the

mos

tse

riou

spe

nalty

shou

ldfa

llon

the

head

ofth

em

erce

nary

,th

atis

onhe

who

carr

ied

out

the

crim

e,or

onth

atof

the

pers

onin

tere

sted

intim

eca

rryi

ngou

tof

the

crim

e,th

atis,

onhe

who

paid

for

itto

beco

mm

itted

.[5

1]T

hede

bate

ende

din

pari

ty.

Infa

ct,

the

view

prev

aile

dth

atth

em

oral

auth

orof

the

crim

ew

asas

resp

onsi

ble

asth

eph

ysic

alau

thor

.[5

2]T

here

fore

,th

isT

ribu

nal

does

not

heed

the

note

ofte

nst

ruck

byth

ede

fenc

eth

atit

was

not

the

defe

ndan

tsw

how

ere

thos

em

ost

resp

onsi

ble

for

the

crim

esth

eyco

mm

itted

,bu

tgo

vern

men

tsan

dor

gani

satio

nsw

hich

,fo

rpe

cuni

ary

com

pens

atio

n,m

ade

ther

mi

com

mit

such

offe

nces

.[5

3]Y

etit

isim

port

ant

that

inm

oder

npe

nal

law

,an

din

the

field

ofco

mpa

rativ

ela

w,

the

mer

cena

rycr

ime

lost

llau

tono

mou

sex

iste

nce

and

was

seen

asa

com

mon

crim

e,ge

nera

llysp

eaki

ngag

grav

ated

byth

epr

ofit

mot

ive

whi

chpr

ompt

sit

.A

ndth

ism

erce

nary

crim

e,w

hich

iskn

own

toda

yas

“pai

dcr

ime

toor

der”

,co

mes

with

inth

ela

ws

oncr

imin

alco

mpl

icity

,it

bein

gth

roug

hth

emth

atth

ere

spon

sibi

lity

ofhe

who

orde

rsan

dlie

who

isor

dere

dis

eval

uate

d.[5

4]In

our

case

,m

erce

nari

smis

prov

ided

for

inA

rt.

20N

o.4

ofth

ePe

nal

Cod

ein

forc

e.

[55]

Thi

san

nuls

the

obje

ctio

nof

the

defe

nce

that

the

crim

eof

mer

cena

rism

has

not

been

defi

ned

and

that

ther

eis

nope

nalt

yfo

rit.

[56]

Itis

infa

ctpr

ovid

edfo

rw

ith

pena

lty

inm

ost

evol

ved

pena

lsy

stem

s.A

sa

mat

eria

lcr

inie

,of

cour

se!

[57]

Prev

ious

lyin

Con

goan

dB

iafr

a.O

nly

yest

erd

ay

inA

ngol

a.T

oday

inR

hode

sia.

[58]

Inth

eco

nvul

sed

hist

ory

ofth

epa

st20

years

,an

dal

way

sse

rvin

gne

o-co

loni

alpl

ans,

ther

eha

veal

way

sbe

enpa

cks

oi

dogs

ofw

arw

ithbl

ood-

stai

ned

muz

zles

,en

gage

din

acts

of

aggr

essi

on,

incr

imes

agai

nst

peac

ean

dag

ains

thu

man

ity,

deca

pita

ting

ortr

ying

tode

capi

tate

revo

luti

ons,

wre

ckin

gor

tryi

ngto

wre

ckth

efr

eedo

mof

peop

les

The

refo

re,

they

have

been

syst

emat

ical

lyin

volv

edin

the

com

mis

sion

ofin

tern

atio

nal

crim

es.

[59]

And

mis

unde

rsta

ndin

gar

ises

whe

nit

ispr

opos

edan

dde

—ni

ande

dth

atha

bitu

alcr

imin

als

inth

eco

mm

issi

onof

inte

rnat

iona

lcr

ime

bepu

nish

edun

der

inte

rnal

law

.[6

0]L

ooki

ngba

ckat

itsw

ound

sof

yest

erda

y,A

fric

afe

els

that

mer

cena

ries

are

ada

nger

tope

ace

for

itsch

ildr

enan

dto

the

secu

rity

of

itsst

ates

.[6

1]A

ndsi

nce

thes

eva

lues

undo

ubte

dly

mer

itle

gal

prot

ecti

on,

the

only

real

isti

cw

ayto

prot

ect

them

isto

rega

rdm

erce

nari

sm,

war

toor

der,

asa

form

alcr

ime.

[62]

Hen

ceth

ose

who

com

mit

the

crim

eof

mer

cena

rism

,in

itsco

nsum

mat

efo

rm,

arc

all

thos

ew

ho,

for

pers

onal

prol

it,

enli

stin

agr

oup

orin

forc

esin

tend

ing,

bym

ilit

ary

mea

ns,

toco

unte

rth

eac

hiev

e—m

cnt

of

afo

reig

npe

ople

’sse

lf—

dete

rmin

atio

nor

,by

the

sam

em

eans

,tO

impose

neo—

colo

niai

dleS

igflS

Oil

then

i.[6

3]F

iiia

liy,

rner

cen;

iris

mis

cons

ider

eda

cri

me

inth

evi

ewof

nati

ons,

and

isex

pres

sly

stat

edto

beon

ein

reso

lutio

ns23

95(X

XII

I),

2465

(XX

III)

,25

4$(X

XIV

).in

cl31

03(X

XV

II)

ofth

eG

ener

alA

ssem

bly

ofti

leU

nite

dN

atio

nsO

rgan

isat

ion,

and

inO

AU

stat

emen

ts—

Kin

shas

a19

67,

and

Add

isA

haba

1971

.[6

4]A

ndac

cept

ance

isgiv

en

toti

leall

egati

on

of

the

defe

nce

that

the

defe

ndan

tsar

eno

tso

lely

guil

ty.

Als

og

uil

ty,

alon

gsid

eth

em

,arc

the

govern

ments

of

tile

countr

ies

of

whi

chth

ey

are

nati

onal

s,w

hich

enco

urag

edth

eir

recr

uitm

ent,

arm

edth

eman

dpai

dth

emw

ages

.G

over

nmen

tspe

rsis

ting

inth

eir

raci

stph

iloso

phie

san

dbl

inde

dby

impe

rial

deli

rium

,w

hich

have

disr

egar

ded

UN

reso

luti

on24

65,

and

agai

nsh

own

them

selv

esto

beagain

stpeace

for

the

people

san

du

nw

orth

yof

shar

ing

the

com

pany

of

tile

com

mun

ity

of

civi

lise

dna

tion

s.[6

5]F

urth

erm

ore,

the

Cod

eo

fD

isci

plin

eof

the

Com

bata

ntst

ates

expr

essl

yth

atca

pita

lpu

nish

men

tis

appl

icab

leto

“ene

mie

s”.

And

mer

cena

ries

are

unco

ntes

tabl

yen

emie

s![6

6]A

rt.

58of

tile

Ang

olan

Con

stit

utio

nal

Law

says

that

law

san

dre

gula

tion

sin

forc

eon

11N

ovem

ber

1975

,th

eda

teof

nati

onal

inde

pend

ence

,w

illco

ntin

ueto

beap

plic

able

solo

ngas

they

are

not

revo

ked.

And

the

Cod

eof

tile

Com

bata

ntha

sno

tbe

enre

voke

d.[6

7]Fi

nally

,it

shou

ldbe

poin

ted

out

that

the

defe

ndan

tsca

nnot

clai

mtil

est

atus

of

pris

oner

sof

war

,fo

rth

ede

fini

tive

reas

onth

atth

ey

are

irre

gula

rm

embe

rsoi

anar

my.

And

itis

alre

ady

onre

cord

that

inU

.N.

reso

luti

ons

am

erce

nary

isre

gard

edas

aco

mm

on

cri

min

al.

[68]

Itis

inth

ese

tern

lsth

atal

lth

ede

fend

ants

are

cons

ider

edgu

ilty

of

the

crim

esof

mer

cena

rism

and

cons

pira

cy.

1)ef

enda

nts

CaI

lan

and

McK

enzi

e,in

addi

tion

toth

ose

crim

es,

are

guil

tyof

that

of

ho

mo

cid

e.

[69]

Itis

unde

rsto

odth

atha

ving

had

am

ilit

ary

com

man

dco

nst

itu

tes

anag

grav

atin

gci

rcum

stan

ce.

[70]

To

judg

eis

,fu

ndam

enta

lly,

tote

stif

yin

favo

urof

man

.[7

1]T

here

fore

,fr

omam

idth

etu

rmoi

lof

imm

edia

tefe

elin

gs,

the

tum

ult

of

idea

s,th

ere

dem

ptio

npr

opos

edby

both

chur

ches

and

gen

darm

es[s

ic],

over

and

abov

etil

ecr

ests

oi

this

agit

ated

sea

swel

l,it

isne

cess

ary,

insh

ort,

tofin

dag

ain

ace

rtai

nco

ncep

tof

the

dign

ity

of

man

and

of

the

cont

inge

ncie

sw

hich

can

effe

ctit

.[7

2]A

tth

esa

me

tim

e,pe

ace

isno

tth

eab

senc

eof

war

,bu

tth

epr

esen

ceof

just

ice.

[73]

And

just

ice

ends

whe

rein

volv

emen

tin

cont

empt

and

op

pre

ssio

nbe

gins

[74]

Str

ange

rsw

ith

kniv

esbe

twee

nth

eir

teet

h,th

em

erce

nari

es,

cam

eto

carv

eda

rkw

ound

sal

ong

the

face

ofth

isco

untr

y.S

prea

ding

tile

irsa

ngui

nary

calc

ulat

ions

,th

eyvi

olat

edch

ildr

en,

plun

dere

dcr

ops,

burn

edsc

hool

s,ru

ined

hope

san

dsi

lenc

edw

itil

bulle

tsth

ecl

ear

laug

hter

of

tile

yout

h.[7

5]A

ndth

eir

purp

ose

was

tom

ake

anen

tire

peop

lere

turn

toth

efr

otlt

iers

of

fear

and

sham

e.A

nin

vinc

ible

and

unva

nqui

shed

peop

le,

for

who

mtil

egr

eate

stw

ealt

hlie

son

the

path

sof

frat

ernit

yan

din

tile

grav

eho

nour

of

bein

gup

righ

t.

Thi

sis

the

crin

lepu

tto

the

cons

cien

ceof

Ellis

Tri

buna

l!

[76]

Con

sequ

entl

y,th

eju

dges

of

this

Tri

buna

lag

ree

onth

eju

dgem

ent

of

the

.guil

tym

erce

nari

es,

and

inth

ena

me

of

tile

Peop

ie’s

Rep

ublic

of

Ang

ola,

sent

ence

asfo

llow

s;—

[77]

The

defe

ndan

tsN

amm

ock,

Ack

eran

dM

cint

yre

to16

year

sim

pris

onm

ent.

[78]

The

defe

ndan

tsL

awio

r,E

vans

and

For

tuin

to24

year

sim

ispr

ison

men

t.[7

9]T

hede

fend

ants

Wis

eman

,M

arch

ant

and

Gru

bto

30ye

ars

impr

ison

men

t.[8

0]T

hede

fend

ants

McK

enzi

e,B

arke

r,G

earh

eart

[sic

]an

dC

osta

sG

eorg

iou,

know

nas

Cal

lan,

toth

ede

ath

pena

lty.

[811

Und

erth

ete

rms

ofth

eSe

rvic

eO

rder

of12

thS

epte

mbe

rth

eca

sedo

cum

ents

,w

ith

all

the

evid

ence

,in

clud

ing

the

audi

ovis

ual

reco

rdof

the

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9(P

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12(N

otic

eof

char

ges)

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me

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sion

wer

eto

beth

atof

po

int

(a)

of

tile

pre

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us

arti

cle

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ew

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sue

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defe

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tan

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cess

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char

ges;

b)T

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me

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fici

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i,w

ith

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indi

cati

onth

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may

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trial

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fter

the

peri

odof

eigh

tda

ys,

the

Cou

rtw

illex

am

ine

the

De

fenc

ere

quir

emen

ts,

reso

lvin

gal

lth

equ

estio

nsra

ised

and

sett

ing

ada

tefo

rth

etr

ial.

2.T

hePe

ople

’sP

rose

cuto

r,th

ede

fend

atits

and

defe

nce

coun

sel

are

notif

ied

ofth

edi

spat

chfi

xin

gth

etr

ial

date

atle

ast

48ho

urs

befo

reth

ese

tda

te.

3.O

nly

the

witn

esse

sliv

ing

inth

eC

ourt

seat

area

will

beno

tifi

ed,

the

othe

rsm

ust

bepr

esen

ted

atth

ehe

arin

gby

the

part

yth

atha

sen

list

edth

em.

Arti

cle

15(P

ublic

natu

reof

the

trial

)

1.T

hetr

ial

ispu

blic

.2.

The

pres

idin

gju

dge

isre

spon

sibl

efo

rm

aint

aini

ngth

eor

der

and

dign

ity

ofth

epr

ocee

ding

s.H

em

ayta

kesu

chm

easu

res

asm

aybe

appr

opri

ate.

Arti

cle

16(C

ourt

sessio

ns)

Ihie

Cou

rtsh

all

beco

nsid

ered

tobe

inse

ssio

nw

hen

all

the

judg

es,

tile

Peop

le’s

Pro

secu

tor

and

the

defe

ndan

tar

epr

esen

t,ap

art

Iron

sth

ela

tter

,in

the

case

ofa

pers

onbe

ing

trie

din

abse

ntia

.

Arti

cle

17(l

)utic

sof

defe

nce

cuun

sel)

ifdi

i rin

gtil

ehe

arin

gth

ede

fenc

eco

unse

ldo

not

hold

the

Court

indu

ere

spec

t,or

bycl

ear

abus

etr

yto

dela

yor

obst

ruct

the

norm

alpr

oced

ure

of

the

wor

k,us

ein

juri

ous,

viol

ent

orag

gres

sive

lang

uage

agai

nst

the

publ

icau

thor

itie

sor

any

othe

rpe

rson

s,or

mak

eex

pla

na

tions

or

cois

mie

nts

onm

atte

rsex

tran

eous

toth

etr

ial

md

that

coul

dno

tse

rve

tocl

arif

yit

,th

eyw

illbe

war

ned

byti

lepre

sidin

gju

dge.

If,

afte

rw

arn

ing

s,th

isbe

havi

our

isre

peat

ed,

the

pre

sidin

gju

dg

eca

nw

ithd

raw

thei

rri

ght

tosp

eak,

cilt

rust

ilsg

the

def

ence

toan

othe

rco

unse

lch

ose

nby

him

,w

itho

utpre

judic

eto

crim

inal

and

dis

cip

lin

ary

pro

ceed

ings

ifth

ese

shou

ldta

kepl

ace

agai

nst

the

coun

sel.

Arti

cle

18(L

ack

ofre

spec

tby

the

defe

ndan

t)

Ifth

ede

fend

ant

show

sla

ckof

resp

ect

for

the

Cou

rt,

liew

illbe

war

ned

and

ifhe

cont

inue

s,he

will

beor

dere

dto

beta

ken

unde

rgu

ard

toso

me

Cou

rtw

aiti

ngro

ons

orto

the

pris

on,

whi

chlie

will

only

leav

eto

hear

the

sent

ence

.

Arti

cle

19

1.T

hetr

ial

isor

al,

wit

hth

eex

cept

ion

ofth

ese

nten

cew

hich

isw

ritt

en.

All

the

thin

gsw

hich

happ

endu

ring

the

hear

ing

shal

lbe

form

ulat

edin

toa

conc

ise

cour

tre

cord

byon

eof

the

secr

etar

iat

offi

cial

s,bu

tin

this

the

stat

emen

tsar

eno

tin

clud

ed.

2.T

hepr

esid

ing

judg

em

ay,

how

ever

,de

cide

to.

mak

ea

tape

reco

rdin

gof

all

orso

me

ofth

est

atem

ents

.

3.T

hefo

rmal

itie

sw

illbe

the

mos

tsi

mpl

ean

dad

equa

teth

atre

veal

the

trut

h,w

itho

utpr

ejud

ice

toth

egu

aran

tee

ofde

fenc

eal

low

edto

the

defe

ndan

t.

Arti

cle

20(R

eadi

nqof

file

char

ges

and

chic

dr’fe

mice

)

Whe

nth

ehe

arin

gopen

s,an

dth

ede

fend

ant

orde

fend

ants

have

bec

tibr

ough

tin

toth

eco

urt

room

the

pres

idin

gju

dge

will

orde

ron

eof

tile

Cou

rtse

cret

aria

tof

fici

als

tore

adth

ech

arge

san

dth

ew

ritt

ende

fenc

e,w

hich

the

defe

ndan

tsh

ould

have

pres

ente

d.

Arti

cle

21(I

dent

ifIca

tion

ofti

lede

fend

ant)

The

pres

idin

gju

dge

will

follo

wby

iden

tify

ing

tile

defe

ndan

t,as

king

him

for

his

nam

e,m

arit

alst

atus

,pa

rent

age,

prof

essi

on,

nati

onal

ity,

resi

denc

e,w

heth

eror

not

lieha

sev

erbe

ets

foun

dgu

ilty

orde

tain

edin

pris

on,

and

will

advi

seth

ede

fend

ant

that

heis

not

oblig

edto

answ

erqu

estio

nsth

atar

eas

ked

ofhi

iiiab

out

the

fact

sof

whi

chhe

isac

cuse

d.

Art

icle

22(E

xam

inat

ion

ofth

ede

fend

ant)

The

exam

inat

ion

ofth

ede

fend

ant

abou

tth

eIi

cts

ofw

hich

heis

accu

sed

isdo

neby

any

ofth

eju

dges

.2.

Thi

sis

foll

owed

byco

mpl

emen

tary

ques

tions

toti

lede

fend

ant

byth

epr

osec

utio

nan

dde

fenc

e.3.

ifth

ere

arc

co—

defe

ndan

tsin

the

sam

ecase,

the

e xai

llin.

ition

ofea

chon

ew

illbe

mad

ese

para

tely

,at

the

end

ofw

hich

they

will

beco

nfro

nted

with

each

othe

rif

this

isne

cess

ary

inor

der

tore

veal

tile

trut

h. 4.T

heques

tions

shal

lno

tbe

lead

ing,

orde

ceit

ful,

orac

com

pani

edby

frau

dule

ntpe

rsua

sion

,fa

lse

prom

ises

orth

reat

s.5.

Ifth

ede

fend

ant

plea

dsgu

ilty

,lie

will

bepa

rtic

ular

lyqu

estio

ned

onhi

sm

otiv

es,

and

onth

eti

me,

plac

e,m

anne

ran

dm

etho

dsus

edin

com

mit

ing

it.

6.If

the

defe

ndan

tde

nies

fact

sth

atar

eal

read

yin

his

stat

emen

t,or

inot

her

stat

emen

tsor

docu

men

tsw

hich

have

been

intr

oduc

edin

toth

eco

urt,

the

pres

idin

gju

dge

can

read

him

the

rele

vant

extr

acts

and

pres

shi

mot

ith

ose

fact

s.

Arti

cle

23(P

rese

ntat

ion

ofev

iden

ce)

1.T

hepr

esen

tati

onof

evid

ence

bypr

osec

utio

nan

dde

fenc

efo

llo

ws,

thro

ugh

the

inve

stig

atio

nof

stat

emen

ts,

calli

ngof

witn

esse

s,te

chni

cal

evid

ence

,in

spec

tions

and

the

exhi

biti

onof

docu

men

ts.

2.T

hew

itn

esses

and

the

expe

rts

can

bequ

estio

ned

byan

yoi

the

judg

es,

wit

hth

epr

osec

utio

nan

dde

fenc

eab

leto

put

any

com

plem

enta

ryqu

estio

nsne

cess

ary

for

impr

oved

clar

ific

atio

nof

the

trut

h

AP

PE

ND

IXIV

Arti

cle

24(C

losi

ntsp

eech

es)

1.T

his

isfo

llow

edby

the

clos

ing

spee

ches

,gi

ven

firs

tby

the

Peop

le’s

Pro

secu

tor

and

then

byth

ede

fenc

e.R

eplie

sar

eno

tpe

r—nl

itte

d.

Art

icle

25(C

losi

ngof

cite

hear

ing)

1.A

tth

een

dof

the

clos

ing

spee

ches

the

pres

idin

gju

dge

will

ask

the

defe

ndan

tif

heha

san

ythi

ngfu

rthe

rto

add

inhi

sde

fenc

e,he

arin

gev

eryt

hing

that

lieha

sto

say

tow

ards

it.

2.Fo

llow

ing

this

the

pres

idin

gju

dge

will

decl

are

the

hear

ing

clos

ed,

and

the

Con

rIw

illre

tire

tode

cide

onth

em

atte

isof

fact

san

dof

law

and

form

ulat

ea

sente

nce

.

“TE

XT

SF

OR

TH

EA

NG

OL

AN

CO

MB

AT

AN

T”

LA

WO

FD

ISC

IPL

INE

CH

AP

TE

RII

I—

RE

WA

RD

S,

DE

CO

RA

TIO

NS

,P

EN

AL

TIE

S1—

Rew

ards

and

pena

lties

are

inte

nded

not

oniy

tore

info

rce

the

mea

nsw

hich

disc

iplin

ean

ded

ucat

ion

give

toth

ose

with

resp

onsi

bilit

yin

the

dire

ctio

nof

thei

rsu

bord

inat

es,

but

also

togi

veef

fect

toeq

uita

ble

jus

tice. R

ewar

dsen

cour

age

zeal

,de

dica

tion,

punc

tual

ityan

dre

spec

t.Pe

nalti

esre

gula

teco

nduc

t,co

mba

tan

dpr

even

tla

pses

indu

tyan

dla

w.

1—R

EW

AR

DS

Art

icle

26(S

ente

nce)

1.[h

ese

nten

ceis

give

nii

ith

enam

eof

rite

Pcop

lc’s

Rep

ubli

cof

Ang

ola

and

ofth

eA

tigo

lan

Peo

ple

aJ

shal

lhe

wri

tten

and

bepe

rson

ally

sign

edby

each

judge.

‘[lie

vote

sof

diss

ente

rs,

ifth

ere

shou

ldbe

any,

vil

lap

pear

only

iii

ase

cret

reco

rd.

2.T

hese

nten

ceis

publ

icly

read

bytil

ePr

esid

ing

Judg

e,th

ep’

—en

ceof

the

defe

ndan

t,til

ePe

ople

’sP

rose

cuto

ran

dde

fenc

eco

unse

lbei

ng

obli

gat

ory

.

Arti

cle

27(A

ppea

l)

I.T

here

isno

appe

alag

ains

tth

ede

cisi

ons

ofth

eco

urt,

whe

ther

final

orin

teri

m.

2.T

heon

lyki

ndof

appea

lper

mit

ted

isto

the

Cou

rt,

itsel

f,ag

ains

tfa

iling

s,am

bigu

ity

orla

ckof

clar

ity

inth

ese

nte

nce

ordi

spat

ches

.T

hecourt

wil

lim

niec

hiat

ely

and

defi

niti

vely

deci

deon

it.

Arti

cle

28(T

rial

inab

sent

ia)

An

abse

ntde

fend

ant

will

betr

ied

inab

sent

iaan

dri

sepre

sidin

gju

dge

will

desi

gnat

ean

offi

cial

defe

nce

coun

sel

for

him

.

Art

icle

29(V

alid

ity)

Thi

sla

wco

mes

into

forc

eim

med

iate

ly.

Rea

dan

dap

prov

edby

the

Cou

ncil

ofth

eR

evol

utio

nPr

omul

gate

don

1st

May

1976

Publ

ish

it.

2—R

ewar

dsar

eof

the

foll

owin

gki

nds:

a)C

itat

ions

inservic

eord

ers

for

acts

of

coura

ge

and

self

—de

nial

.h)

Ora

lco

ngra

tula

tions,

atte

stin

gto

sati

sfac

tion

for

beh

avio

ur

or

hs—

cipl

inar

ysp

irit

.c)

Lea

vepe

rmis

sion

of

ever

yki

nd:

cons

essi

onar

y,fa

mil

yvi

sits

,per

sona

laf

fair

san

dot

hers

tobe

esta

blis

hed

byse

rvic

eor

der.

3—T

heva

riou

sle

aves

are

gran

ted

inth

efo

llow

ing

way

:

Ben

efic

iary

Lea

veof

24-

Eve

ryon

e36

hour

s

Dis

pens

atio

nfr

omE

very

one

wor

kfo

rI

day

Per

mis

sion

tosl

eep

Eve

ryon

eaw

ayfr

omqu

arte

rs

Leav

efo

rm

ore

Ever

yone

than

15da

ys

II—

DE

CO

RA

TIO

NS

Ever

yone

Ever

yone

Reg

iona

lco

mm

and

onth

ere

com

men

datio

nof

the

resp

ectiv

eD

isci

plin

ary

Cou

ncil

4—A

nyco

mba

tant

can

beaw

arde

da

deco

rati

onby

the

Exe

cuti

vefo

rac

tsof

brav

ery,

exem

plar

ysp

irit

,le

ngth

ofse

rvic

ein

the

rank

s,et

c.T

here

leva

ntD

isci

plin

ary

Cou

ncils

mus

tbe

cons

ulte

din

the

awar

dof

dec

ora

Type

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ave

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hori

tygr

antin

gle

ave

Dc

‘achi

mci

i tCo

inm

amid

e r

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nem

itco

initi

ande

ran

dii

i

his

abse

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die

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seni

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spon

sibl

epC

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achi

men

tco

rnni

ande

r

Com

man

der

orde

lega

ted

resp

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ble

pers

on

Per

mis

sion

for

abse

nce

from

mea

ls

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than

36ho

urs

I\lil

itary

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datio

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Pres

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IES

A—

Ot1

nces

5—O

lfei

ices

arc

clas

sifi

edin

the

ioii

owin

gw

ay:

a)O

fk’n

cew

ith

rega

rdto

law

s,au

thor

itie

san

dpe

ople

.b)

Pu

bli

cde

mon

stra

tion

,in

any

way

,of

op

inio

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chw

ould

p—

judi

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scip

line

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conc

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ent

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secr

etor

conf

iden

tial

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orm

atio

n.e)

llrea

clie

sof

mil

itar

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gula

tion

sor

ofin

stru

ctio

nsin

serv

ice

orde

rs.

1)In

dole

nce,

idle

ness

,ill

—w

ill,

negl

igen

cein

duty

.g)

Ofi

ence

sag

ains

tth

edi

gnit

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tile

stru

ggle

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enne

ss,

braw

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ness

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vise

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acti

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fund

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serv

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lice

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ons

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enti

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B—

RI(

;IIT

OF

PU

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HM

EN

TA

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EX

ER

CIS

EO

F‘I

l-uS

RIG

HT

6—E

very

cous

bata

nt,

whe

ther

inau

thor

ity

orno

t,ha

sth

edu

tyof

con—

trih

utin

gto

the

niai

iten

ance

of

disc

ipli

ne,

bypo

mti

ngou

thi

sow

nof

—fe

nces

orth

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fenc

esof

othe

rs.

The

auth

orit

ies

mus

tgi

vepr

ompt

pun—

iSlin

ient

toth

eir

subo

rdin

ates

.7—

Any

puni

shm

ent

give

nor

soug

htre

quir

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epr

esen

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8—T

heac

cuse

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ust

hehe

ard

befu

reth

epu

nisl

nnen

tis

carr

ied

out.

C—

l)E

CIS

ION

ON

PE

NA

LT

IES

9—T

heau

thor

itie

sm

ust

act

soas

topr

even

tof

lenc

es.

Whe

nth

eyar

cob

lige

dto

use

pcna

liti

es,

they

shou

ldbe

guid

edby

the

foll

owin

gco

n—si

tiera

tion

s;a)

Just

ice

and

impa

rtia

lity

.P

enal

ties

are

not

anex

erci

seo

fper

sona

lau

thor

ity.

‘flie

auth

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olan

peop

le.

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TIC

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21It

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lbe

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duty

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lat

any

tim

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man

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TIC

LE

22In

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ext

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law

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len

sure

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dom

ofex

pres

sion

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sem

bly

and

asso

ciat

ion.

AR

TIC

LE

23N

oci

tize

nsh

all

bear

rest

edan

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ough

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lex

cept

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law

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lac

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all

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aran

teed

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de

fenc

e

AR

TIC

LE

24T

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licof

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ect

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elim

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peci

ally

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ided

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ela

w.

AR

TIC

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25Fr

eedo

mof

cons

cien

cean

dbe

lief

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lbe

invi

olab

le.

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ple’

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ise

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ship

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tere

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26W

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all

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abil

ity

and

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mun

erat

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cord

ing

tohi

sw

ork.

AR

TIC

LE

27T

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sabi

lity

,ol

dag

ean

dan

yot

her

form

ofin

capa

city

for

wor

k.

AR

TIC

LE

28Fi

ghte

rsin

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nati

onal

libe

rati

onw

arw

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vebe

cis

disa

bled

and

the

fam

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29T

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lpr

omot

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dgu

aran

tee

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acce

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all

citi

zens

toed

ucat

ion

and

cult

ure.

AR

TIC

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30T

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licof

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ican

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33In

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E36

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37Ik

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iden

tof

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TIC

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38T

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34T

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bly

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lbe

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esta

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posi

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and

man

ner

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func

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AR

TIC

LE

39T

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beco

nst

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over

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AR

TIC

LE

40It

shal

lbe

incu

mbe

nton

the

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ernm

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n,to

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41T

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42T

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bent

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prin

cipl

esof

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y,de

cent

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onam

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iati

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48In

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rovi

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ial

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men

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49E

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50T

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51T

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pers

onal

ity

and

shal

len

joy

ad

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dfi

nanc

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auto

nom

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52T

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ruct

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ies

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ror

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53T

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55T

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The

crim

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erce

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(Ext

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1.A

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