UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/7 9 January 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of people to self-determination Chairperson-Rapporteur: José Luis Gomez del Prado GE.08-10075 (E) 150108