a)
ANNEX - XIII
Obligations under the Charter of the United Nations –
including: i.
Binding resolutions of the United Nations Security
Council such as those imposing arms embargoes; ii.
The prohibition on the use or threat of use of force;
iii.
The prohibition on intervention in the internal affairs
of another State.
b)
Universally
accepted
principles
of
international
humanitarian law.
c)
Any other treaty or decision by which the Member States
are bound, including:
i.
binding decisions, including embargoes, adopted by
relevant international, multilateral, regional and subregional bodies, such as the African Union Peace and Security Council, to which a State is party;
ii)
Prohibitions of arms transfers that arise in particular
treaties which a State is party to, such as OTTAWA Convention on Antipersonnel Mines, the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and its Protocols.
3.
A transfer shall not be authorised if the arms are destined to be
used: ANNEX - XIII
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