Abbreviations
ACHPR
African Commission on Human and
Peoples’ Rights
ECmHR
European Commission on Human Rights
ECtHR
European Court of Human Rights
ACHR
American Convention on Human Rights
EU
European Union
AfrCH
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
FCNM
AWGIPC
Working Group on Indigenous
Populations/Communities in Africa
Framework Convention for the Protection of
National Minorities
HRC
Human Rights Committee
CDE
UNESCO Convention against Discrimination
in Education
IACHR
Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
IACtHR
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
CEACR
Committee of Experts on the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights
CEDAW
Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women
ICESCR
International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights
CERD
Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
ILO
International Labour Organization
OAS
Organization of American States
P1-2
Article 2 of Protocol 1 ECHR
CESCR
Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
TFEU
Treaty on the Functioning of the EU
EC
European Community
UNDM
ECHR
European Convention for the Protection
of Human Rights
UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons
Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and
Linguistic Minorities
ECJ
European Court of Justice
UNDRIP
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples
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