That could provide a loophole for mercenaries.

This provision then risks becoming a trap for the unwary or a loophole for the unscrupulous.

That loophole has to be effectively addressed through severe measures in the national legislation of all countries.

The other advantage of the change was that it broadened the scope of activity beyond direct combat activity and therefore closed a loophole.

The international community needs to take urgent action to close this loophole since it is a key element in the violation of the arms embargo.

The ICRC is concerned that it creates an ambiguous loophole through which parties to a conflict could avoid or minimize the scope of the detectability requirement.

We hope that the fact that the outcome document was not definitive on this matter does not provide a loophole for those who choose to have selective amnesia about our long standing commitments.

In the meantime, every drone strike will not only undermine human rights and international humanitarian law, but will also further widen a legal loophole that other governments and armed groups will not hesitate to exploit.

As a result, any member state can argue for its inalienable right under the NPT to pursue any stage of the nuclear fuel cycle. Although any such right extends only to activities for peaceful purposes, the loophole is gaping.

Chile supports resolution 1540 (2004) because it firmly believes that there is a loophole in the international system governing the non proliferation and control of weapons of mass destruction, in particular their possible terrorist use by non State actors.

But this definition, while forthright, leaves a large loophole for legislators. For example, it creates the possibility that, say, British MPs could legally trade shares on information acquired in the course of normal business, because they do not qualify as insiders.

But agreement is thinner than it appears. The NPT allows countries the right to develop nuclear energy for purposes such as electricity generation, a loophole that allows governments to build most of what is necessary to produce the fuel for a nuclear weapon.

WASHINGTON, DC Tax time in the United States the dreaded mid April deadline for filing annual income tax forms has come and gone. The system, Americans have been reminded, has become painfully complex, with many a loophole through which one might try to squeeze.

What is missing is a new, 13th convention that closes the loophole that seems to permit governments to decide what constitutes terrorism and what does not. Broad agreement is needed that any intentional killing of civilians and noncombatants is unacceptable, and that its perpetrators and supporters must be punished.

While renegotiating the NPT itself to close the enrichment loophole seems for now a lost cause, there are other ways to address this proliferation risk. One of the most important, and long advocated, strategies is to demonstrate to countries that rely on nuclear power, or are planning to develop it, that they do not need their own uranium enrichment program to ensure their fuel supply s security.