Each State Party shall take such measures as may be necessary, within available means:
(a) To ensure that travel or identity documents issued by it are of such quality that they cannot easily be
misused and cannot readily be falsified or unlawfully altered, replicated or issued; and
(b) To ensure the integrity and security of travel or identity documents issued by or on behalf of the State
Party and to prevent their unlawful creation, issuance and use.
Article 13
Legitimacy and validity of documents
At the request of another State Party, a State Party shall, in accordance with its domestic law, verify within
a reasonable time the legitimacy and validity of travel or identity documents issued or purported to have
been issued in its name and suspected of being used for trafficking in persons.
IV. Final provisions
Article 14
Saving clause
1. Nothing in this Protocol shall affect the rights, obligations and responsibilities of States and individuals
under international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law and,
in particular, where applicable, the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of
Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement as contained therein.
2. The measures set forth in this Protocol shall be interpreted and applied in a way that is not
discriminatory to persons on the ground that they are victims of trafficking in persons. The interpretation
and application of those measures shall be consistent with internationally recognized principles of nondiscrimination.
Article 15
Settlement of disputes
l. States Parties shall endeavour to settle disputes concerning the interpretation or application of this
Protocol through negotiation.
2. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this
Protocol that cannot be settled through negotiation within a reasonable time shall, at the request of one
of those States Parties, be submitted to arbitration. If, six months after the date of the request for
arbitration, those States Parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of
those States Parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in accordance
with the Statute of the Court.
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