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Part Three. Article 16 541(b) The intention in listing certain rights in this paragraph was to emphasizethe need to protect those rights in the case of smuggled migrants, but the provisionshould not be interpreted as excluding or derogating from any other rightsnot listed. The words “consistent with its obligations under international law” wereincluded in the paragraph to clarify this point further.(c) This paragraph should not be understood as imposing any new or additionalobligations on States parties to this protocol beyond those contained in existinginternational instruments and customary international law.Paragraph 2(d) The words “by individuals or groups” were intended to refer to individualsor groups under the jurisdiction of the State party concerned.