Cap.9:25 TRAFFICKING 1N PERSONS No. 4/2014 Article 12 Security and control of documents 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 Patty and to prevent their mllawful creation, issuance and use. Article 13 Legitimacy and validity of documents At the request of another State Patty, 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. FJNAl. PROV)S!ONS Article 14 Saving clause 1. Nothing in this Protocol shall aflcct the rights, obligations and responsibilities of States and individuals under international law, includiug 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 fmth 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 inteq>retation and application of those measures shall be consistent with internationally recognized principles of non·discrimination. Article 15 Settlement of disputes 1. States Patties shall endeavour to settle disputes concerning the interpretation or application of this Protocol through negotiation. 2. Any dispute between two or more States Parties conceming 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 Patties, 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 Patties may refer the dispute to the International Comt of 1ustice by request in accordance with the Statute of the Court. 3. Each State Party may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance or approval of or accession to this Protocol, declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 2 of this atticle. The other States Parties shall not be bound by paragraph 2 of this article with respect to any State Party that has made such a reservation. 4. Any State Patty that has made a reservation in accordance with paragraph 3 of this atticle may at any time withdraw that reservation by notification to the Secretary. General of the United Nations. 57 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied.